What to do when you’re bored and you have a lot of butter in the fridge? Make Madeleines of course.
Anyways, I’ve been wanting to make Madeleines for a long time so I decided to trek to the outlet mall and purchase a Madeleine baking pan. These Madeleines somewhat remind me of Princess Ariel’s bra. I’m renaming them Ariel’s bra rather than Madeleines.
French pastries can be quite difficult at times but the results of it are amazing. Often times, it consists of a lot of butter. Madeleines are no exception to the buttery goodness. Surprisingly, Madeleines are not difficult to make and are fairly easy.
These Madeleines will keep for days but around my family, it only lasted within hours. They are best paired with a cup of tea. The daintiness of the pastry is great for an afternoon snack or even eaten in the morning.
For these Madeleines, I baked them with a Nutella filling as well as a cookie butter filling. The fillings make the madeleines moist (side note: like everyone else, I don’t like using this word) and is more tasteful. I sound like a complete snob about this, but you have to try it to believe it.
Not only are these Madeleines great with tea, but it’s even better with ice cream and sometimes use the pastry to make an ice cream sandwich (Woah I’m getting way ahead of myself and might be going a bit crazy). Anyways, these are a great treat for yourself or for others, but mostly for yourself.
Madeleines Recipe:
-2/3 cup granulated sugar
-3 large eggs
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-1 cup of flour
-10 tablespoons of butter, melted
-powder sugar for garnish (optional)
-Nutella for filling (optional)
- Place the sugar, eggs, and salt in a mixing bowl and whip on medium-high speed until very pale and thick. Add the flour and melted butter
alternately, folding gently so the batter loses as little volume as possible.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a madeleine pan
generously, and lightly dust with flour, knocking off any excess. Scoop the batter into the prepared pan (1 tablespoon per well for standard-sized madeleines, 1/2 teaspoon per well for mini-madeleines). Bake standard-sized madeleines for 12-14 minutes, mini-madeleines for 8-9 minutes, or until lightly golden around the edges.
- Cool in the pan for several minutes, then transfer to a wire rack
to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar, for garnish (optional).
With Nutella Filling
- Follow steps 1. Then proceed to step 2 with only a half scoop of the madeleine batter. Then take a scoop of Nutella and place it in the middle of one madeleine. Repeat till all Madeleine molds have a dollop of Nutella. Then take a half scoop of the Madeleine batter and cover each Madeleine so that the Nutella is completely engulfed with the batter.
- Proceed with steps 2-3 for baking instructions.
These Madeleines will definitely be a hit at a small party or even just a night in. Hope you enjoy!
Good Morning February 