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French Madeleines

French Madeleines

Ingredients

1 cup self rising flour
1/2 cup sugar
8 tbs butter
3 eggs
pinch salt
1/2 cup ground almonds
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp fresh orange juice
This is a classic French cookie that goes well with coffee or tea. Traditionally, Madeleine’s are baked in small shell-shaped pans, if you do not have Madeleine pans, use individual muffin pan cups or brioche pans.

  • Sift flour and sugar into a large bowl.
  • Melt butter, but do not brown, then cool.
  • Mix eggs into flour and sugar with a wooden spoon, then gradually add cooled butter, salt, ground almonds orange juice, and vanilla.
  • Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
  • Grease pans with butter.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees, then half fill pans with cake batter.
  • Bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden, then cool on a rack.

Servings

18

Prep

1 hr 15 min

Cook

12 min

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    Skill Level

    Easy