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No Fail Madeleine Recipe
Ingredients
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 Cup all purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp powdered sugar (for dusting at the end)
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 6 Tbsp butter, melted
  • 1 orange zest only
  • 1 Tsp butter for greasing the pan
Instructions
  1. In a small bowl mix together the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt. Set aside.

  2. In a larger bowl whisk the sugar with the eggs to obtain a pale yellow mix. Add the melted butter and the dry ingredients to obtain a smooth cream. Add also the orange zest.

  3. Refrigerate the batter in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

  4. Grease a Madeleine tin brushing some butter inside the shells.

  5. Pour 1 Tbsp of mix inside of each shell. Do not spread.

  6. Bake in preheated oven to 350F/180C for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven, let cool down 5 minutes and remove from the pan. Dust with powdered sugar before serving.