Orange Madeleines
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 1:02am

Ingredients




3 Eggs
2 Egg Yolks
2/3 cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Orange Zest
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 tablespoons Orange Juice
1 cup Flour
4 tablespoons Butter melted

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour madeleine pans. 2 With mixer in large bowl, beat together the eggs, yolks, sugar, orange zest,vanilla, and orange juice until pale yellow and almost tripled in volume 3 (about 6 minutes). Sift flour over this mixture; fold in gently but thorougly; do not overwork or mixture will deflate. Fold about 1/4 cup batter into cooled butter and then fold back into cake mixture. Spoon batter into prepared pan, filling almost to the top. 4 Bake madeleins until just barely golden around edges, about 7-10 minutes. 5 Cool 1 minute and remove from pan with a small, sharp knife. Sift powderedsugar over warm madeleines. Refill pans and continue to bake until all batter has been used. It is not necessary to regrease and flour the pan. 6 Serving Ideas : Serve with ice cream. 7 NOTES : Can freeze.