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Madeleines

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Madeleines small French cakes baked in special baking trays that give them a shell-like shape. The Spanish counterparts, Madalenas, are sometimes served in paper cases and then resemble muffins.

Total 00:30
Yield 36 madeleines

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 100 g white granulated sugar
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 100 g all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • grated zest of 1 lemon
  • 75 g melted butter

Instructions

  1. 1
    Beat the eggs, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl until frothy.
  2. 2
    Combine the flour, baking powder, and lemon zest, and fold into the egg mixture. Fold in the melted butter.
  3. 3
    Divide the dough into greased madeleine molds, keeping in mind that the dough will rise in the oven to fill the molds.
  4. 4
    Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C / 350°F for 12–15 minutes until the cakes are springy but not browned.
  5. 5
    Cool and unmold the madeleines.
  6. 6
    Serve fresh.
Category
Desserts
Method
Baking

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Madeleines