Apricot and vanilla friands

Ingredients

½ cup	Standard flour
1 ½ cups	Icing sugar
1 cup	Almond flour
6	Eggs, whites
180 g	Unsalted butter, melted
2 tsp	Vanilla essence/extract
12	Apricot halves, canned (Main)
1 to dust	Icing sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180 degC. Place the flour, icing sugar and almond flour in a bowl and mix to combine.
2. Make a well in the centre, add the egg white, butter and vanilla and stir well to combine.
3. Spoon into 12 x 1/2 cup-capacity, lightly greased, rectangular tins. Top each with an apricot half and bake for 20-25 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
4. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

* Drain the apricots well to avoid getting soggy friands.