Madeleine Cookies Recipe
Madeleine Cookies Recipe
Author: Cynthia Lee
Nutrition Information
- Serves: 4
- Calories: 80
- Fat: 3.5 g
- Saturated fat: 1.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 11 g
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 30 mg
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Dessert
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Madeleine cookies are extremely delicious and can be prepared very quickly. It is basically a French recipe, which involves minimum of fuss and the expertise level is also not that high.
Ingredients
- Eggs - 4
- Salt - ¼ teaspoon
- Sugar - ⅔ cup
- All-purpose flour - 1 cup
- Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
- Unsalted butter - ½ cup
- Finely minced lemon zest - 1 teaspoon
Instructions
- First of all, preheat the oven at a temperature of 375°F so that it reaches the required temperature by the time you are ready with the mixture.
- Also, spray the Madeleine pans with cooking oil so that the cookies do not stick to the bottom of the pan when they are being baked.
- Add the four eggs and salt to a mixing bowl and beat them with the help of a mixer.
- Make sure they are nicely blended and are in a soapy form after five minutes.
- You need to gradually add the remaining ingredients.
- Add the sugar and the vanilla extract to the bowl and blend slowly until they are well combined.
- Then add the all-purpose flour and melted butter in three stages, and blend well until all the ingredients are totally combined.
- Make sure there are no blocks made in the mixture as that would make baking difficult.
- Pour the mixture in the two Madeleine pans, filling ¾th of each slot.
- Do not add more than the advised mixture as the cookies would expand when they are baked.
- Place the trays in the oven and wait for 10 minutes until the cookies are baked.
- You can check after 10 minutes whether they are ready or not.
- Remove the cookies after 10 minutes, turn each sheet upside down and gently shake the sheets so that the cookies are removed.
