Cornbread Madeleines

Photo: flickr user foodistablog

Ingredients

1 cup unbleached, all purpose flour

1 cup medium-grind cornmeal

2 cups ounces sugar (1 plus 1 tablespoon)

1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

1 large shallot, finely chopped

3/4 corn (fresh or frozen)

1 cup half-and-half

2 large eggs

1 stick unsalted butter

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Position rack in middle of oven.

Grease pan.

Saute shallots.

Melt butter.

Mix dry ingredients and shallots.

Mix wet ingredients (melted butter and half-and-half).

Add wet ingredients to dry by making a well in dry ingredients and pouring into well.

Mix only until moist (do not overmix)

Bake 11-13 minutes (watch closely, as they can burn quickly)

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Optional additions: ¼ cup each fresh parsley, sage, cilantro, chives or ¼ cup finely chopped chili peppers (as hot as you can take it). Add herbs to the recipe in step 6 with the dry ingredients or chili's to the recipe in step 4 when you saute the shallots.