Lemon Madeleines
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- Total Time
- 53mins
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- Serves
- 24
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- Calories
- 123
Classic French lemon-scented madeleines. Serve these plump, soft, bite-sized cakes warm from the oven.
recipe updated Oct 20, 2018
Ingredients
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- Unsalted butter
- 175g
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- All purpose flour
- 210g
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- Baking powder
- 3g
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- Salt
- 1g
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- Egg
- 150g
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- Egg yolk
- 40g
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- Granulated sugar
- 150g
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- Vanilla extract
- 5ml
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- Lemon
- 58g
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- Powdered sugar
- as needed
Tools
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Stand mixer
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Whisk
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Microwave
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Cooling rack
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Large mixing bowl
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Small glass bowl
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Madeleine pan
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Medium bowl
Step preview
- Get a clean small glass bowl
- Add unsalted butter
- Melt in microwave on low heat then set aside
- Get a clean medium bowl
- Add all purpose flour
- Add baking powder
- Add salt
- Whisk briefly until combined then set aside
- Get a clean large mixing bowl
- Add egg
- Add egg yolk
- Add granulated sugar
- Whisk for approx 5min on medium speed until pale and light
- Add vanilla extract
- Add juice of, zest of lemon
- Whisk on medium speed until combined
- Transfer butter to batter and mix
- Transfer dry ingredients to batter bit by bit while mixing
- Chill in fridge for 30min
- Pre-heat
- Grease 2 madeleine pans generously
- Spoon batter into 2 madeleine pans
- Bake for 8min until golden brown
- Transfer onto cooling rack
- Dust with powdered sugar