French Madeleines
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Friday, December 11, 2009 - 2:53am

Ingredients




1 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup sugar
8 tablespoons butter
3 eggs
1 pinch Salt
1/2 cup ground almonds
2 teaspoons orange flower water
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

1 Sift flour and sugar into a large bowl. Melt (but do not burn) butter. Let cool. With a wooden spoon mix eggs into flour and sugar. Gradually add cooled butter, salt, ground almonds, orange flower water and vanilla. Refrigerate for 1 hour.  2 Grease pans with butter. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Half fill greased pans with cake batter. Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until golden. Cool on rack.

About


Traditionally, Madeleines are baked in small shell shaped pans. If you do not have them use individual muffin pan cups or brioche pans.