Madeleinescooks Illustrated Recipes

MADELEINES(COOK'S ILLUSTRATED)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees, middle rack.
• In a medium bowl, sift together the flours, salt. Set aside.
• Beat yolks with whole egg and vanilla in bowl of electric mixer, about 5 minutes on high speed if using hand mixer. Slowly add sugar beating until a ribbon drops from beaters, about 5 minutes with hand mixer. The batter should be very light and fluffy.
• Gradually fold in the dry ingredients using a spatula. Fold very gently and carefully. Then do the same with the melted butter.
• Spoon batter into molds. (Batter should come just flush with mold rim.) Don't bother smoothing the batter; you don't want to deflate it, and it will smooth out on its own in the oven. Bake until tops are golden and cakes spring back when pressed lightly, about 10 minutes.
• Spread out a clean dishcloth on your work surface. When the madeleines come out of the oven, turn them out right onto the dishcloth. You need to get them out of the pans while they're still very hot. Do not let them cool in the pans. The madeleines are delicate when warm, so they're easily broken, so be careful when moving them until they are cool. Cool to room temperature. (Can be stored in airtight container up to 3 days or frozen up to 1 month.).

MADELEINES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Beat sugar and eggs together until thoroughly blended. Add lemon rind and melted butter. Mix to blend. Sift together dry ingredients. Add all at once to egg mixture. Stir just to blend. Allow mix to sit at room temperature for approximately 10 minutes. While mix is resting, generously butter Madeleine molds. Spoon mix into molds, filling approximately 3/4 full. Bake approximately 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Turn over immediately onto cooling screen. Wipe out each mold cavity, rebutter and fill again until desired number or all mix is used. Store in airtight container until ready to use.;

MADELEINES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Break up the eggs with a whisk. Beat in sugar in a stream and add orange flower water. Beat by hand several minutes until frothy. Sift flour and fold in flour alternately with cooled, melted butter.
• Butter and flour Madeleine pans and fill 2/3 full with batter. Bake about 10 minutes. Unmold the Madeleines immediately and when cool, dust with confectioners' sugar.