It's Friday again, and I am rather glad, as I have lost my Mojo this week. I am hoping a restful weekend will bring it back.
For French Fridays with Dorie this week, our recipe is financiers, so called because when made in their traditional rectangular shape, they resemble gold bars. The difference between this financier recipe and others I have tried.
I didn't have financier moulds, so I used ordinary muffin tins, which yielded 9 financiers. I almost wrecked my financiers completely, as for some reason, instead of 175g of butter, I added 275g - then wondered why I was having trouble getting the butter to mix in. Once I realised my mistake, I poured off the excess butter, and luckily, everything seemed to come together.
I did not change the recipe a jot (except perhaps by having more butter!), and I liked these financiers very much. The browned butter made the financiers smell devine as they were baking.
To see what the other Doristas thought of these financiers, visit the LYL section of the website.
They look delightful. You crack me up with your kitchen fixes...everything always seems to come out great in the end. This looks like a nice recipe.
ReplyDeleteThey look great - and phew that you realised your mistake before it was too late. Normally too much butter is even better but not here! Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteHey - if it weren't for on the fly kitchen improvisations, i wouldn't get anything on the table - ever :-)
ReplyDeleteI hope your weekend is restorative. This was a totally crazy week here too - must be the tides or something...
I have never made financiers. They look like gorgeous little cakes. I imagine the browned butter would give a wonderful flavour!
ReplyDeleteI get that way sometimes! Sometimes a rest or a weekend is the best thing to get the mojo back :D
ReplyDeleteI love financiers and thes elooks so good.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of financiers before! How are they different to regular muffins? Whatever the technical aspects, these look lovely and hopefully will help give you some of that mojo back over the weekend (presuming you have some of them left).
ReplyDeleteGreat save!! These were wonderful, weren’t they! I really enjoyed making them…everything came together easily. Yours look delicious…so glad they were a hit with you.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your weekend!
They look tasty! Rest up this weekend. I'm recharging by baking some treats I haven't had in awhile.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the well wishes folks.
ReplyDeleteKari, financiers are more like friands than muffins, made with egg whites and icing sugar and almond meal - and in this case, flour as well.
Lovely financiers-they look delicious;-)
ReplyDeleteI thought I had put too much butter in the batter because it took so long for it to blend in-even with a lot of stirring! I can see you pouring off the excess-good save!
Have a wonderful weekend;-)
Well, I'm not sure just exactly what has ever suffered from adding extra butter? lol. I will be making these tons in the coming week thanks to all the great ideas out there this week!
ReplyDeleteBrowned butter is always a good thing and a little extra butter is no big deal (ask Paula Deen). these look delightful. Looks like your MoJo is back nth kitchen.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful financiers, Gaye! What a great save with the butter! I hope you have been able to get some rest this weekend.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you enjoyed these, too. Mine seemed to get better with age :) Yeah, I need to put on my reading glasses when I cook now...I'm always goofing up recipes!
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time I tried financiers. Loved them. Yours have a wonderfully warm color. They look delicious. Hope he weekend restored your mojo for the week ahead.
ReplyDeleteWhat did you do with all that extra brown butter? It pains me to think you tossed it down the drain. Unfortunately you are a better thinker than I. If I had made that mistake I would have just added more almond flour and AP flour, making more financiers. I thought they were delicious. Mine were only small bites because I made them in a mini-muffin tin. Hope you are bouncing back.......
ReplyDeleteI finally made these this week and am catching up on everyone's posts. I think a muffin-sized financier would be a lovely treat. Glad you were able to catch your mistake before it was too late!
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