Lime Madeleines

Photo: flickr user avlxyz

Ingredients

4 eggs

2/3 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon lime juice -- freshly squeezed

2 teaspoons grated lime rind

1 cup cake flour -- sifted

1/2 cup unsalted butter -- melted and cooled

Confectioners' sugar for garnish

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a madeleine pan, or use a non-stick pan. Beat eggs, sugar, and salt on high speed until light, about 2 minutes.

Blend in lime juice and grated lime rind. Gently fold in flour and then the cooled butter, two tablespoons at a time. Batter should be loose, the consistency of sour cream. Spoon batter into the madeleine pan, filling molds 2/3 full. Bake in the center of the oven 11 to 12 minutes, or until cookies are firm and begin to shrink from the sides of the pan. Press narrow ends of cookies to release them from the mold, or use the tip of a knife to help. Cool cookies on a wire rack, pattern side up. When ready to

Yield: about 40 cookies, 2cookies per serving.