Pecan And Burnt Butter Friands Recipes

PECAN BUTTER TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Line 12 muffin cups with foil liners. (Do not use paper-lined foil liners.), On a work surface, unroll crust. Cut 12 circles with a floured 4-in. round cookie cutter (save remaining crust for another use). Gently press crust circles onto bottoms and up sides of foil liners. Refrigerate while preparing filling., In a microwave-safe bowl, combine raisins and water; microwave on high 2 minutes. Drain; cool slightly., In a small bowl, mix egg, brown sugars, melted butter, vanilla and salt until blended; stir in pecans and raisins. Spoon into crust cups, dividing evenly., Bake on a lower oven rack until filling just begins to bubble up and crusts are light golden brown, 7-9 minutes (do not overbake). Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. If desired, serve with ice cream.

TOASTED PECAN BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F/165 degrees C.
• Spread the pecans onto a baking sheet; toast in the preheated oven until they start to turn golden brown and become fragrant, about 15 minutes. Watch carefully as they bake, they burn quickly. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
• Pulse the brown sugar, butter, and vanilla together in a food processor several times to thoroughly combine. Butter will be slightly fluffy. Sprinkle in the cooled nuts and pulse several times to combine. For more finely ground pecans, pulse several more times. Serve immediately, or pack into a jar with a lid and refrigerate.

BUTTER PECAN ROUNDS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a skillet over medium heat toast the pecans with 2 tablespoons of the butter, cooking for about 5 minutes. Sprinkle 1 1/2 tablespoons of the white sugar over the top.
• Cream 1/2 cup of the butter with the white and brown sugar. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Mix in the flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in the pecan mixture.
• Drop tablespoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown. Let cool and devour.

BURNT BUTTER PECAN PIE

Steps:

• brown butter in saucepan until it is a golden brown -- do not burn.let cool.
• in seperate bowl, add ingredients in order listed -- stir.
• blend in browned butter well.
• pour into unbaked pie shell and bake at 425* for 10 minutes.then lower heat to 325* for 40 minutes.

BUTTER PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In a small skillet, melt 1 teaspoon butter over medium heat. Add pecans; cook and stir for 3 minutes or until toasted., In a shallow bowl, whisk eggs and creamer. Dip bread slices in egg mixture. , In a large skillet, melt remaining butter over medium heat. Cook bread for 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Sprinkle with pecans, confectioners' sugar and cinnamon. Serve with maple syrup if desired.

PECAN AND BURNT BUTTER FRIANDS

Steps:

• Grease 6-friand pan, or muffin pan.
• Melt butter in heavy based saucepan over medium heat, heat until it browns, watching carefully- It should be quite dark and smell nutty, but not burnt; cool.
• Process toasted pecans until finely ground (If unavailable, or you have no processor, use bought ground hazelnuts or almonds).
• Combine pecans, sugar, flour, cooled butter and egg whites in medium bowl, stir well.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan, decorate with a whole pecan on top of each uncooked friand, if desired.
• Bake in preheated oven at 180C, 350F for 20-25 minutes (until lightly browned and puffed up).
• Dust lightly with icing sugar to serve.