Strawberry, Banana & Almond Friands

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Contributor: Lorna Jane

{ INGREDIENTS }

2 medium bananas (400g)

6 organic free range egg whites

1/2 cup (125g) cold-pressed

extra-virgin coconut oil

1 cup (120g) ground almonds (meal)

3/4 cup (165g) coconut sugar

1/2 cup (80g) brown rice flour

1/4 cup (40g) quinoa flour

1. tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp gluten-free baking powder

4 strawberries, sliced thinly

1⁄3 cup (15g) flaked coconut or flaked almonds

{ METHOD }

Preheat oven to 200°C. Grease 8-hole (1/2 cup/125ml) mini loaf pan; line bases of pan holes with strips of baking paper, extending paper 2.5cm (1 inch) above sides.

Thinly slice half of one of the bananas. Mash remaining banana in a small bowl; you will have a cup of mashed banana.

Whisk egg whites in a medium bowl until frothy. Add coconut oil, ground almonds, sugar, mashed banana, sifted flours, cinnamon and baking powder; whisk until combined. Divide mixture evenly into pan holes. Top with sliced banana, strawberries and coconut.

Bake friands about 25 minutes. Stand friands in pan for 5 minutes, before transferring onto a wire rack to cool.

Recipe from ‘Nourish: The Fit Woman’s Cookbook’.