Madeleines

Recipe by America’s Test Kitchen

Process-

These are really easy to make! The only time consuming part is being patient while the egg mixture is mixing. You beat the egg mixture for about 5 minutes until frothy and then fold in cake flour and then add melted butter. I think I might have over folded the mix because these aren’t very light and airy… They taste great though! I also bought a Madeleine pan at William Sonoma- greased the crap out of it and had no issue with the Madeline coming out of the tin. It seems like that is a big issue when reading comments on some recipes. The one thing I’m still trying to get down is greasing and then adding flour to the tin. Every single time I end up with sort of a caky mix of Pam and flour and have to end up rubbing it off. I’m probably not dusting off the pan enough after adding it?

Taste-

These taste like a vanilla cake! Like I said before I think I might have over folded the batter because these aren’t as light as I thought they were going to be but they look really pretty. I decided to dip in chocolate and dust with some freeze dried raspberries. And OOOO the flavor is great! It’s like a yellow cake with chocolate frosting and a touch of tang from the raspberries.

Random Thoughts-

I’m getting ready to do a Thanksgiving box. What’s in the box you ask?

Well.. I’m planning on doing an Apple Pie Pop Tart, Berry Crumble Bar, 2 Chocolate Dipped Madeleines and 2 Cheddar Chive Biscuits for a savory option. What do you think? Would you buy it? The boxes will be more money, but we will deliver and it would be a nice option for Thanksgiving dessert! Or even the day after!

It’s been so cold here and my throat is incredibly dry. I hate it. I wake up in the morning and think I am getting sick. I’ve been trying really hard to take my vitamins, get sun and workout.

Speaking of health- We got our flu shots the other day! The shot didn’t hurt but my arm did after. I am so proud that we got them. Maybe I feel like we are doing our part to stop the spread of any virus??? The pharmacist was South African and loved to talk. It was completely silent when we walked into the room so I decided to ask 1 question and I opened pandora’s box. He’s from South Africa, he hasn’t had a vacation in a year, he wanted to see his brother in SA but can’t because of COVID and the flights are really cheap. He’s not worried about getting COVID but doesn’t want to spread it. I learned all of this by only being in the same room with him for 10 minutes. He was very sweet!

Ok I’m done. I hope you buy a Thanksgiving Treat Box!

-JLM