Madeleines are little French cakes, baked in scalloped shell-shape baking moulds. These buttery cakes with the crisp crust on the outside and a tender, moist crumb in the center go perfect for a brunch or with an afternoon tea. The batter can be made in advance, up to two days – preferably they should be eaten straight away, fresh from the oven, but they will still be good for up to a day later.
Makes 48 Madeleines, sized 5 cm diameter, nonstick Madeleine tin
- 200 g butter
- 60 ml milk
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 3 eggs, room temperature
- 130 g sugar
- zest of two unwaxed lemons
- 200 g flour
- 10 g baking powder
1. Melt the butter, add the milk and the honey and let the mixture cool to room temperature.
2. Mix together the sugar and the lemon zest, add the eggs and beat until pale and frothy.
3. Sift the flour and the baking powder for two times and sift it once again into the egg mixture.
4. Gently add the cool butter to the egg mixture.
5. Cover the batter with plastic wrap and leave to rest in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours or overnight.
6. Preheat the oven to 190°C.
7. Put about a teaspoon of batter into each Madeleine shell, filling them 3/4 full.
8. Bake the Madeleines for about 10 – 12 minutes in the middle of the oven, until the turn slightly golden brown on the edges.
9. Transfer the pan from the oven and remove the Madeleines by rapping the pan against the counter; the Madeleines should drop out. Allow the Madeleines to cool a little bit on a wire rack.
Happy baking!
I love Madeleines 😋
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I love madeleines but haven’t tried making lemon flavour
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they have a lovely fresh taste with the lemon flavour. It‘s worth a try 🤗
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Wow, wonderful share.. what can I replace instead of eggs 🙂
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Thank you Ramya, I’m glad you like it.
Check out this recipe from “Cookie Sundays” for eggless Madeleines: http://en-cookiesundays.blogspot.ch/2011/04/eggless-lemon-madeleines.html
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Thank you so much 😊
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I really miss your posts! I nominated you for the blogger recognition award!
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These look amazing. I’ve never tried making madeleines and yours look perfect. Wonderful photos on your blog too 🙂
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Reblogged this on Travels with Mary and commented:
Wow, a French cookie and healthy to
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Oh my, these look fabulous. And healthy to
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I was looking for a recipe for these earlier and like magic you popped into my wordpress discover. I can’t wait to try out your recipe.
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OOo, yummy! I absolutely love madeleines! Your photos are beautiful Bridget!
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I love these but am off wheat so I can only smell them and remember how light and delish they taste.
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Thank you Maria for stopping by, so glad you like it. Warmly, Bridget
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Madeleines are so simple and delicious, beautiful photos 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
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Thank you, I appriciate! Happy baking, Bridget
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So adorable, so scrumptious! 🙂
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Thank you Bonnie and happy baking, warmly, Bridget
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My dear friend Happy Easter to you !
May this Easter blessed with , joy and happiness.
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Beautiful!!! Now I want to make madelines again :p
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This sounds very interesting. But I’m just curious to know why unwaxed lemons? Must give this a try. Thanks for sharing!
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Hello and I’m so sorry for my late response. I use the unwaxed lemons because when I compare waxed and unwaxed lemons the taste of fresh zest is slightly bittered by the presence of wax and I think it is really hard to grate waxed lemons. Warmly, Bridget
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Lovely madeleins! Yummmmm…. 🙂
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Thank you, so glad you liked it! Warmly, Bridget
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I love madeleines, have been wanting to make some. The addition of lemon sounds fabulous!
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They taste lovely with lemon indeed and are so simple to make. Happy baking, Bridget
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Oh my goodness! Look beautiful! I love them! I wish I could take few and eat! 😀
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They were delicious indeed 🙂 and so easy to make! Thank you so much for stopping by, warmly Bridget
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I heart madeleines and yours looks perfect.
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Thank you so much, so happy you like them! Warmly, Bridget
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Your madeleines look so beautiful, I would love to try one… batch 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
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Hi Bridget, madeleines are one of my favorites, perfect with a cup of tea. Your photos are lovely and have inspired me to give this recipe a try!
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Those look so tasty and very lovely! Thanks for sharing, Bakeaffairs! 🙂
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Gorgeous madeleines! I have always wanted to make these. Now you have inspired me to dash out and get a madeleines cookie sheet.
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They are so pretty!!
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You’ve left me drooling all over the place. These look very professional. I’ve never made madeleines. You’ve inspired me!
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These look so pretty! I have never made madeleines, you are tempting me 🙂
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Thank you! They are so easy to make and taste delicious! Happy baking 🙂 Bridget
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What lovely cookies!
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Thank you 🙂
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One of my faves!! So yummy with a cup of tea 🙂
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Thank you Tara, I’m glad you liked it! Warmly, Bridget
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Pretty pretty! These look so perfect and utterly guzzleable!
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Thank you Trixpin, I’m glad you liked it, and yes, they do indeed taste awesome 🙂 Warmly Bridget
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Aha… here she comes my Proustian baker and her new camera::) send me some of these, please:))
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No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate than a shudder ran through me and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary thing that was happening to me. An exquisite pleasure had invaded my senses, something isolated, detached, with no suggestion of its origin. And at once the vicissitudes of life had become indifferent to me, its disasters innocuous, its brevity illusory – this new sensation having had on me the effect which love has of filling me with a precious essence; or rather this essence was not in me it was me. … Whence did it come? What did it mean? How could I seize and apprehend it? … And suddenly the memory revealed itself. The taste was that of the little piece of madeleine which on Sunday mornings at Combray (because on those mornings I did not go out before mass), when I went to say good morning to her in her bedroom, my aunt Léonie used to give me, dipping it first in her own cup of tea or tisane. The sight of the little madeleine had recalled nothing to my mind before I tasted it. And all from my cup of tea.
—Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time
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EXACTLY the content of my post you did not see (yet)??? 🙂
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Madeleins are great and these sound delicious! Will have to try!
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Thank you Ely for stopping by and let me know how you liked it! Happy baking, Bridget
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They look absolutely adorable! I must get round to try my hand at madeleines someday 🙂
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Thank you so much Ginger! They are so easy to make and taste absolutely delicious. Happy baking, Bridget
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They are beautiful! I love madeleines.
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Thank you NickkiT for stopping by. I’m glad you liked it! Warmly, Bridget
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