Quick, Easy and Delicious Madeleines

Madeleines are delicious little tea cakes from Northeastern France. I am excited to share a delicious recipe, that is quick and easy!

The recipe I am using is from the French book “Les madeleines de sophie” by Sophie Dudemaine. I did make a few minor adjustments, but otherwise followed the recipe. I chose to make the Madeleines using lemon zest for a very light lemony taste.

Ingredients

For about 20 Madeleines:

3 Eggs

4 oz. (120g.) All Purpose Flour

4 oz. (120g.) Granulated Sugar

0.2 oz. (5.5g.) Baking Powder

4 oz. (120g.) salted butter (or unsalted butter with a pinch of salt)

1 Lemon

Utensils

You will need a Madeleine Pan. This is the one I have:

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The recipe assumes you have a Food Processor. If you don’t have one, you can mix the ingredients with a wooden spoon, but having a food processor will make it much easier.

Making the Madeleines

Step 1: Preheat oven to 460 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step 2: Melt the butter and set it aside to cool down. (Note: to melt the butter, you can just put it in the microwave for 1 minute.)

Step 3: In the food processor, mix the flour, the baking powder and the sugar.

Step 4: Add the egg yolks (yellow part of the eggs) and continue mixing. (Note: Make sure you set aside the egg whites, we will add them later!)

Step 5: With a fork, stir the egg whites a little bit, and then add them to the food processor. Continue mixing.

Step 6: Add the melted butter. Continue mixing.

Step 7: Using a Grater, grate the outer peel of the lemon to make lemon zest.

Step 8: Add the lemon zest as well as the juice of the lemon to the food processor. Mix again. (Note: make sure to remove the seeds from the lemon juice!)

Step 9: Pour the mixture into the Madeleine wells in the pan:

Step 10: Bake in the oven for 4 minutes at 460 degrees Fahrenheit. Then, lower the oven’s temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and bake for about 10 minutes.