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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup sugar
- Nice drizzle of honey (1 to 2 teaspoons)
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Salt
- 1/2 orange, zested
- Special equipment: madeleine mold*
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
To brown the butter, melt the butter over medium heat in a heavy saucepan, allowing to bubble and foam, stirring frequently. Once the foaming subsides, allow the butter to brown along the bottom and then remove the pan from the heat. Browning will take about 5 minutes total; do not burn.
In a medium bowl, mix the eggs, sugar, and honey with electric mixer until thick and pale. Add the browned butter and mix.
In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt, and mix into liquid ingredients, along with zest, just until blended.
Fill the greased madeleine baking molds and bake until golden, 9 to 11 minutes.
*Cook's Note: you may substitute a mini-muffin pan for madeleine molds.
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By mmthibert
Fort Worth, TX
on May 25, 2013
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First, let me explain that I lived in France until I was sixteen. There, madeleines are bought at a bakery, as most other sweets are. Bakeries have to sell very rich items so that you'll pay for them and come back. This recipe looked accurate to me, so I went to Google France to find recipes. Same thing--check it if you want to, as there's even a video. If you want to make this recipe richer and crispier, use another half stick of butter and a couple more eggs, but basically these are Madeleines.
By Henker
Midwest USA
on April 02, 2013
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I agree with goodcook in VA, in that these taste good...but they are not Madeleines. I am in Europe on a regular basis, and spend a lot of the time in Paris. Madeleines, as Marcel Proust would attest were one of those things that made Paris what it is....and I agree 100%. Madeleines are much denser and richer. As goodcook says, these are more like Madeleine shaped cupcakes than the real deal. If you want a real Madeleine recipe, you're going to have to keep looking. These are more like Paris, Illinois than Paris, France.
By Zsana11
on September 02, 2012
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I never made madeleines, but my family enjoyed these so much, that I will be making them frequently.Thank you for another great recipe!
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