French Butter Cookies (also called Madeleines)
Par Laurie le 27 juin 2016, 17:14 - French pastry bites - Lien permanent
This recipe appears in one of my stories I'm writing on Fanfiction. It's part of my main character's cookbook.
My aunt, who was named Madeleine too, used to make these when I was a kid. It's one of my fondest memories and like Proust's own little madeleines, those shell-shaped, melt-in-your mouth cookies bring me back to happy times.
Once you've mastered the recipe, you can also try adding chocolate, coffee extract to the dough or even berries, butterscotch.
For about 16 cookies, you'll need:
one large egg
1/6 cup sugar
1/6 cup flour
3 tbsp butter, melted and cooled
2 tsp lemon juice (and half the zest of a lemon)
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
Mix the egg and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the butter and whisk until smooth and shiny then add the juice and zest. Finish with the dry ingredients.
Fill the shell-shaped moulds but not to the brim.
Cook 8 to 10 mns. Cool 10 mn on a rack. Eat fresh.
If you do not own shell-shaped moulds, any individual mold (like cupcake ones, for example) will do. It's a shame though, because they look really cute!