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Madeleines

Name: Madeleines
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Baking, Desserts
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 100 g white granulated sugar; 1 pinch of salt; 100 g all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; grated zest of 1 lemon; 75 g melted butter

Madeleines small French cakes baked in special baking trays that give them a shell-like shape. The Spanish counterparts, Madalenas, are sometimes served in paper cases and then resemble muffins.

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Ingredients

Makes

4 eggs
100 g white granulated sugar
1 pinch of salt
100 g all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
grated zest of 1 lemon
75 g melted butter

Ingredients for 6 servings (485 g) · the original recipe

Method

1
Beat the eggs, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl until frothy.
2
Combine the flour, baking powder, and lemon zest, and fold into the egg mixture. Fold in the melted butter.
3
Divide the dough into greased madeleine molds, keeping in mind that the dough will rise in the oven to fill the molds.
Oven
4
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C / 350°F for 12–15 minutes until the cakes are springy but not browned.
Oven
5
Cool and unmold the madeleines.
6
Serve fresh.

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