BASIC FINANCIERS

1 cup ground almonds (I used Bob's Red Mill Finely Ground Almond Meal)
1/3 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
6 tablespoons butter, plus a little more to grease the muffin tins
1/3 cup honey
2 eggs
1 teaspoon almond extract
24 blackberries (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two mini muffin pans.

Combine the ground almonds, flour and salt in a medium-sized bowl. Melt butter in a small saucepan, add honey and sugar, stirring to melt. Pour the butter honey mixture into the almond flour mixture, whisking to combine. Add the eggs, one by one, stirring until the batter is uniform.

Pour about 1 heaping tablespoon of the batter into the greased and floured muffin tins. Place one blackberry, if using, on top of each muffin. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until golden. Let stand in muffin tins for about 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool fully.