Little buttery, two bite cakes eaten as a cookie. They are light, dense and flavored with lemon, lime and orange.
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Keyword Madeleines, French cookie
Servings 24
Author Marisa
Ingredients
3eggs
1/2cupunsalted buttermelted
2teaspooneach of grated lemonlime and orange rind
1/4teaspoonvanilla
3/4cupall-purpose flour
1/2cupgranulated sugar
1/3cupground almonds
1/2teaspoonof salt
GLAZE
3/4cupicing sugar
1tablespoonlemon juice
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350*F
Grease and flour the Madeleine pans. (you will need 2-12 mould pans)
Place the eggs, melted butter, grated lemon, lime, orange rinds and vanilla extract in a large bowl and whisk till combined.
Using a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, ground almonds and salt.
Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and whisk until combined.
Place 1 tablespoon of batter into each mould.
Bake in the center of your preheated oven for about 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown and the puffed centers spring back when gently touched.
Carefully loosen the moulds with the tip of a knife. Invert onto a cooling rack.
Glaze
Whisk the sugar and the lemon juice together in a small bowl. Brush the lemon glaze over each cooled Madeleine.
Notes
These madeleines can be made 24 hours ahead of time and stored in an airtight container or freeze for up to one week.Recipe adapted from Canadian Living Magazine