Brown Butter Financiers

There are few desserts that are more quintessentially French than brown butter financiers. Financiers are soft and chewy on the inside, firm on the outside, little bites of perfection. The tastiest combination of almond flour, hazelnut flour, regular flour, sugar, powdered vanilla, egg whites and salted butter. If you love French pastries, make these pumpkin madeleines or these chocolate dipped madeleines next.

Financiers always remind me of my French mother-in-law. She always had them waiting for us when we arrived to visit her in the French countryside. Check out our collection of Financier recipes for more ideas.

Ingredients needed to make brown butter financiers

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• Almond flour
• Hazelnut flour
• Flour
• Sugar
• Powdered vanilla
• Egg whites
• Salted butter

How to make brown butter financiers

• Preheat oven to 350°F(180°C).
• Heat the butter until it starts to turn brown.
• Put the butter aside and leave to cool.
• Mix the flours, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of your stand mixer and mix using the paddle attachment.
• Add the egg whites, one by one, while mixing.
• Add the browned butter and mix to incorporate.
• Butter a financier mold.
• Fill the financier mold with the batter.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

How to make brown butter

If you’re unsure how to make brown butter, the video below is really helpful.

Tips to make the best brown butter financiers

• If you have spent time in France then you know that we are slightly obsessed with salted butter here! If you can’t find salted butter where you are, you can use regular butter for this recipe and just add a pinch of salt with the dry ingredients.
• Make sure not to over bake your financiers! Financiers should be moelleux (soft) on the inside and firm on the outside.

Make these brown butter financiers your own

• If you prefer to swap white flour for whole wheat flour you can. (A 1:1 substitution will work.)

Special Tools

• Financier mold – you will need to use a financier mold if you want your financiers to look French (rectangular). Alternatively, you could use a shallow muffin tin to make rounder/thicker financiers which would still be delicious.

How to Serve Brown Butter Financiers

• We typically serve our financiers on a vintage Limoges tiered cake stand we picked up from a flea market. You could serve them on a cake stand as well or on a small plate.
• Serve with tea, coffee or for a decadent treat, you could pair them with David Lebovitz’s brown butter old fashioned cocktail. (It looks amazing!)

More French Desserts

• Pumpkin Madeleines
• Chocolate Dipped Madeleines
• Moelleux au Chocolat

Brown butter financiers

These financiers are the perfect combination of almond flour, hazelnut flour, regular flour, sugar, powdered vanilla, egg whites and salted butter.

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