Homemade Lady Fingers

**Recipe adapted from LaVarenne Practique Cookbook, by Anne Willan, published by Crown

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (11)

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Cook Time:
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Level:
Easy
Yield:
24 ladyfingers

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sifted flour
4 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
4 egg whites, beaten until stiff
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
powdered sugar for dusting

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 baking sheets with 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons of flour. Mark parallel lines in the flour across the width of the tray about 4 inches apart. Put the eggs and sugar in a large mixing bowl, and with an electric mixer fitted with a wire whisk beat on medium-high speed until the mixture is pale yellow, thick, and has tripled in volume, about 8 minutes, using the mixer. Add the egg whites, remaining 3/4 cup flour, salt and vanilla, fold to mix thoroughly so the mixture is smooth. Fill a large pastry bag with a 3/4-inch plain tube with the mixture. Pipe fingers about 4 1/2-inches in length on to the baking sheet, using the lines as a guide. Dust the ladyfingers with powdered sugar. Bake until for 15 to 18 minutes, or until just firm on the outside and soft in the center

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recipe Homemade Lady Fingers
Erica Fort Knox, KY 03-10-2009
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Delicious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made these, not sure as to how they would turn out. They were wonderful; reminded me very much of angel food cake. I did... without the powdered sugar dusting on top as well as used almond extract instead of vanilla and they turned out perfectly!Read more
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lisa whraton, IL 02-08-2009
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homemade lady fingers!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

excellent recipe! i was amazed at how much they puffed in the oven. i didn't butter and flour the pan, but used parchment... paper and they came off fine. i also didn't have a piping bag, but put the batter in a plastic bag and snipped the tip. it worked fine. the cookies didn't end up quite as high and fluffy as store-bought ones, but they taste wonderful and are a great texture. i'll make this again for sure!Read more
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FRANCES Inman, SC 12-22-2008
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Little cake-y gems!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I love these sweet little morsels! The powdered sugar makes a delicate crust that is wonderful. I might have had an... advantage in that I use eggs from my own pastured hens and they are very yellow and the whites beat up high. I made these Lady Fingers because I couldn't find any at the grocery store for an ice cream cake that I wanted to make. Now I am reluctant to have them disappear into a dessert where they get soaked with coffee and ice cream takes the fore! I just want to eat them alone with a cuppa milk tea.Read more
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Jessica Windsor, CT 11-24-2008
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Not Worth The Loss Of Eggs
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I was so excited to find this recipe, and as an experienced cook, I followed the recipe to the letter. It was the biggest... disappointment ever in all of my years of baking. They came out too firm, bland, and flat, rather than fluffy, light and spongy. The batter spread out too much even before slipping it into the oven, and they were more like crisps rather than acceptable lady fingers. I even added more flour to try to thicken the batter up, but that didn't even work. I still plodded through 4 pans of the "lady fingers" in this recipe. Thank goodness today was my test-the-recipe day and I didn't use this to build my Tiramisu the day before Thanksgiving. I'd have had to search all over the state for a store that still has them. As it was, I ended up going to buy some at the grocer today, and luckily he had them "in the back" even though he'd sold out of an entire table. My biggest disappointment? I wasted too many eggs, which are expensive enough as it is, let alone having to dump the bowl of batter. Very, very disappointing recipe. Read more
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cafequeen la, CA 06-17-2008
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Perfect again
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Very easy to make. I used lemon extract one tsp turned out great too! No need to buy lady fingers this recipe is a lot better... without the expense. Freeze and just take it out when you're ready. I used it as one of the dippings for my chocolate fountain.Read more
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chirsty saco, ME 01-30-2007
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Excellent!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Im not a very experianced cheif. I was wondering how they would come out. But they came out great! The recipe was very easy... to fallow. Nothing to it! *smile*Read more