This recipe comes from The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook.
Course Afternoon Tea
Cuisine French
Keyword Afternoon Tea
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Total Time 22 minutesminutes
Servings 12cookies
Equipment
Madeleine Pan
Ingredients
4tbsp.unsalted butter, melted, cooledplus room temperature butter for the pan
1/2cupFlourplus more for the pan
2largeeggs
1/2cupsugar
1/4tsp.salt
1tsp.pure vanilla extract
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Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375F. Using a pastry brush, coat the 12 moulds of a madeleine pan, carefully coating each and every ridge. Dust the mould with flour, tilting the pan to coat evenly and then tapping out the excess.
In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together the eggs, sugar, and salt, on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the vanilla. Turn off the mixer again and using a rubber spatula, gently fold I half of themelted butter just until incorporate. Then fold in the remain nelted butter just until blended.
Scoop a heaping tablespoonful of the batter into each prepared mould. Bake the madeleines, rating the pan back to front hallways through baking, until the tops spring back when lightly pressed with a fingertip, 10-12 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven, immediately invert it onto a wire rack, and tap the rack to release the madeleines. If any of them stick, turn the pan upright, loosen their edges with a butter knife, and then invert and tap again. Let cool completely before serving.
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