Madeleines
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 3 eggs - room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 stick unsalted butter (1/4 pound)
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- confectioners' sugar for dusting
Directions
You want them to be lightly golden. Turn them out to a parchment lined lined cookie sheet to cool. You may dust them with powdered sugar if desired.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour the madeleine pans.
- In a mixer with the paddle attachment, mix together the sugar, eggs and vanilla for about 4 minutes.
- Meanwhile, melt the butter and let it cool a bit so that it doesn't scramble your eggs when added to the bowl.
- Add the melted butter and mix well in the mixer. In a separate bowl mix together by hand the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt.
- Add the flour mixture to the batter and mix well with a rubber spatula.
- Spoon the batter into the pans with a large soup spoon. Don't fill them up to the top only about 3/4 the way full.
- Bake for about 8 minutes (especially if you have nonstick madeleine pans) and up to 10 minutes.
You want them to be lightly golden. Turn them out to a parchment lined lined cookie sheet to cool. You may dust them with powdered sugar if desired.