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.
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