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Vanilla Madeleines

The recipe is also a good base for any number of flavors. If using a nonstick pan, which heats up faster than a traditional one, go by the shorter baking time in step 4.
Martha Stewart Living, September 2011
  • Prep Time 20 minutes
  • Total Time 2 hours 40 minutes
  • Yield Makes 32 (or 160 mini)
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • Coarse salt
  • 6 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons packed light-brown sugar
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter, melted, plus more, softened, for pans
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon honey
  • 3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Directions

  1. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl.

  2. Whisk together eggs and granulated and brown sugars with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Sift flour mixture over top in 2 additions, folding in after each addition. Fold in melted butter in 2 additions, then honey and vanilla. Refrigerate, covered, for at least 2 hours.

  3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Let batter stand at room temperature for 10 minutes. Generously butter 2 standard-size or 2 mini nonstick or aluminum madeleine pans using a pastry brush.

  4. Transfer batter to a pastry bag, and snip tip to create a 1/2-inch opening. Pipe some batter into molds, filling each about three-quarters full. Bake on middle rack until pale gold, 8 to 11 minutes (6 to 8 minutes for mini madeleines). Immediately shake madeleines out. Wash and rebutter molds. Repeat with remaining batter. Dust baked madeleines with confectioners' sugar.

Cook's Note

Madeleine batter can be refrigerated for up to 2 days. Madeleines are best the day they are made, but they can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days

Recipe Reviews

  • Sandra7824
    27 Dec, 2011

    Easy, and very simple to make and tasted amazing!!!
    Great reviews. :)

  • Toadsmom
    18 Sep, 2011

    My 8 year old son and I made these this afternoon. Simple and delicious! He loved watching how the batter transformed. I'm not a baker and was suprisingly proud of myself! These will be our show off dessert for the future!!