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[Carlawarla 1]

Bee and I made madeleines yesterday before he headed to work for his evening shift. By that night all 40 of them were gone.

I honestly didn't notice the difference, but maybe that's because I was using a Williams-Sonoma recipe. I'm so happy that they turned out though, even though cleaning the pan was such a b*tch.

OK...I'll bite......da' heck are madeleines???? Sounds like they might just be yummy if they were gone so fast?!?!?!?

The madeleine or petite madeleine is a traditional cake from Commercy, a commune of the Meuse département in northeastern France.

Madeleines are very small cakes with a distinctive shell-like shape acquired from being baked in pans with shell-shaped depressions. Their flavour is similar to, but somewhat lighter than, pound cake, with a pronounced butter-and-lemon taste.

Madeleine recipe:

1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (6 ounces)

2 tablespoons softened unsalted butter (for greasing pan)

3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

4 large eggs

a pinch fine-grain sea salt

2/3 cups sugar

zest of one large lemon

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

powdered sugar

a bit of extra flour for dusting baking pan

Special equipment: A madeleine baking pan, regular or small

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Melt the 1 1/2 sticks of butter in a small pot over medium heat until it's brown and gives off a deliciously nutty aroma, roughly 20 minutes. Strain (using a paper towel over a mesh strainer) - you want to leave the solids behind. Cool the butter to room temperature. By doing the butter first you can complete the rest of the steps while it is cooling.

While the melted butter is cooling, use the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter to grease the madeleine molds - get in there and make sure you get in all the ridges. Dust with flour and invert the pan tapping out any excess flour. Lanha uses "cooking spray" with flour to simplify this part.

Put the eggs with the salt in the bowl of an electric mixer with a whisk attachment. Whip on high speed until thick - you are looking for the eggs to roughly double or triple in volume - approximately 3 minutes. Continuing to mix on high speed, slowly add the sugar in a steady stream. Whip for 2 minutes or until mixture is thick and ribbony. Now with a spatula fold in the lemon zest and vanilla (just until mixed).

Sprinkle the flour on top of the egg batter, and gently fold in. Now fold in the butter mixture. Only stirring enough to bring everything together.

Spoon the batter into the molds, filling each mold 2/3 –3/4 full. I use a small cup filled with batter to keep things clean and manageable, it is easier than using a spoon.

Bake the madeleines for 12 - 14 minutes (7-10 minutes for smaller cookies), or until the edges of the madeleines are golden brown. Remove from oven and unmold immediately. Cool on racks and dust with powdered sugar.

Makes 2 -3 dozen regular

Enjoy!

Carla

A madeleine pan :

Edited November 5, 2007 by cartoboy123

[~Nini~ 2]

My sister-in-law and I do a crafter's blog on the side and my most recent post was about madeleines, hehe. I love them! We got our mini-madeleine pan from Williams-Sonoma a few days ago and I had to test it immediately!

Edited November 5, 2007 by Nini & Bee

[Sprailenes 47]

I won a Mary Kay gift basket at a bridal show I went to today, and a 50.00 gift certificate.

This is good because....I never win anything.

[Ban Hammer 13,282]

I am bored. Seriously bored. I can only talk on the phone with my Canadians for so long....

I am busy downloading music and loading up my Zune. Anyone got any good new music I should check out? I like lots of different stuff from classical to alternative. I tend to stay away from country and jazz and stuff that will put me to sleep (you know, that background type of music). Fire away your suggestions!

whatcha using to download with?

[Delicia 1]

I am bored. Seriously bored. I can only talk on the phone with my Canadians for so long....

I am busy downloading music and loading up my Zune. Anyone got any good new music I should check out? I like lots of different stuff from classical to alternative. I tend to stay away from country and jazz and stuff that will put me to sleep (you know, that background type of music). Fire away your suggestions!

whatcha using to download with?

limewire

[Krikit 1,164]

The Madeleines sound yummy! Yesterday I purchased Gold Medal Best for Bread flour because we were having roast beef and I wanted to make Yorkshires. I'd been using the regular all purpose flour and they just hadn't been turning out. Well. I kid you not, the difference was amazing. I finally have normal Yorkshire Puds! Yum.

Congratulations on your bridal show wins, Sprailenes! Nice one!

[Ban Hammer 13,282]

I am bored. Seriously bored. I can only talk on the phone with my Canadians for so long....

I am busy downloading music and loading up my Zune. Anyone got any good new music I should check out? I like lots of different stuff from classical to alternative. I tend to stay away from country and jazz and stuff that will put me to sleep (you know, that background type of music). Fire away your suggestions!

whatcha using to download with?

limewire

hope you got some good anti-virus and anti-spyware on that computer along with a firewall. when i used kazaa and limewire several years ago, i had all kinds of hack attempts and even azzhats putting viruses and trojan horses in files.

[Delicia 1]

I am bored. Seriously bored. I can only talk on the phone with my Canadians for so long....

I am busy downloading music and loading up my Zune. Anyone got any good new music I should check out? I like lots of different stuff from classical to alternative. I tend to stay away from country and jazz and stuff that will put me to sleep (you know, that background type of music). Fire away your suggestions!

whatcha using to download with?

limewire

hope you got some good anti-virus and anti-spyware on that computer along with a firewall. when i used kazaa and limewire several years ago, i had all kinds of hack attempts and even azzhats putting viruses and trojan horses in files.

Yep, run 2 antivirus, a firewall and a spybot. I save all the files on an external hard drive. I had the same problem with kazaa a few years ago with a ton of viruses. I just plan on reformatting comp every so many months and I don't use it to log into important things, like my banks (I do that with my work laptop).

[vnoe 0]

Carla,

Those madelaines sure sound fine. I would love to try making them sometime, but being that I live in Middle of Nowhere, ND ..... I can really only find lefse pans...lol. But I will look next time I am in the "city".

[vnoe 0]

The Madeleines sound yummy! Yesterday I purchased Gold Medal Best for Bread flour because we were having roast beef and I wanted to make Yorkshires. I'd been using the regular all purpose flour and they just hadn't been turning out. Well. I kid you not, the difference was amazing. I finally have normal Yorkshire Puds! Yum.

Congratulations on your bridal show wins, Sprailenes! Nice one!

OK...I had planned on making some Yorkshire on Weds for my family (my girls excluded of course) and nobody here has heard of them....damn, my flour better work cause geesh I'm trying to impress them with my vast knowledge of cooking....lol (reallycif that isn't a joke)!!

I won a Mary Kay gift basket at a bridal show I went to today, and a 50.00 gift certificate.

This is good because....I never win anything.

Good for you....I'm one of those none winners as well...lol

[trailmix 77]

My Yorkshire pudding always comes out perfect, but it may be because I use this:

[PfcsBaby 0]

My Yorkshire pudding always comes out perfect, but it may be because I use this:

OMG I love that stuff. I havent had in so long. Now I'm gunna drool

[Emancipation 2]

My Yorkshire pudding always comes out perfect, but it may be because I use this:

OMG I love that stuff. I havent had in so long. Now I'm gunna drool

Me too!! I had no idea that Clubhouse did a pre-made package... yummmmerssss

[Krikit 1,164]

My Yorkshire pudding always comes out perfect, but it may be because I use this:

So that's the secret! I didn't even know that existed. But Yorkshires are so easy to make that I don't mind doing it the regular way. If you'd ever like a bit of twist to your puds, add a half teaspoon of crumbled blue cheese on top before you put it in the oven. DEEElish!!

"Don't Worry Be Happy" is on the radio. Okay. I'll do that. I don't mind a reminder every once in a while.

[designermedusa 0]

I am bored. Seriously bored. I can only talk on the phone with my Canadians for so long....

I am busy downloading music and loading up my Zune. Anyone got any good new music I should check out? I like lots of different stuff from classical to alternative. I tend to stay away from country and jazz and stuff that will put me to sleep (you know, that background type of music). Fire away your suggestions!

How do you like the Zune? I'm thinking of buying one for Christmas, but am curious if it's good quality and easy to use. I have a Creative Zen now, but I want more memory.