Sweet Madeleines

Lovely, delicate, french sponge cookies in a distinctive scallopshape. Legend has it that a young maid perfected the recipe in the 1700's forStanislas Leczinski, the deposed King of Poland. You can hand form your cookies or just use amadeleine pan.

Make em!

Ingredients 

2 large eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 pinch salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly
powdered sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°F Generously butter and flour pan for large madeleine (about 3x1 1/4 inches).
Using electric mixer, beat eggs and 2/3 cup sugar in large bowl just to blend. Beat in vanilla, lemon peel and salt. Add flour; beat just until blended. Gradually add cooled melted butter in steady stream, beating just until blended.
Spoon 1 tablespoon batter into each indentation in pan. Bake until puffed and brown, about 10-15 minutes. Cool 5 minutes. Gently remove from pan. Repeat process, buttering and flouring pan before each batch.
* Optional Dust cookies with powdered sugar.

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all photos & content © Lara Rossignol

Comments

[Nancy]

What a great surprise when I went to get my boring mail and found these delicious madelines in a baggy. Oh can I just tell the readers how wonderful they were. They have found a permanent home around my hips and stomach but they were worth every bite. Thanks, Lara! Being your neighbor, I hope I am the envy of all your readers about "Sweet Madelines".

[Piewacket]

As Nancy just testified, I do not eat all these goodies myself. I give away a lot of it so I don't eat it myself.

[kasandra]

nancy's one lucky lady!
thanks for the recipe ... i love a simple cookie recipe.
lara, are you working on a food project of your own or for someone? i really, really love your food/table top images.
thanks so much for sharing :)

[Piewacket]

Hi Kassandra,

It is kind of both... but too complicated to really explain at this point. I am just so glad you like these images. I am really enjoying making them.

~Lara

[ikkinlala]

These look tasty!

[amanda smith]

yum! i love these!

[Aurora]

I'm mesmorized by the beautiful baking pan!! Where can I get one of those???

[Piewacket]

Hi Aurora,

I bought it at an estate sale.... sorry.