Vanilla Madeleines

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Prep Time:
20 mins
Total Time:
2 hrs 40 mins
Yield:
Makes 32 (or 160 mini)

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. Click here for 21-century variations on the classic.

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

  • ¾ 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.

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    Tara Donne

Cook's Notes

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

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