Honey-Orange Madeleines
- Melted butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel
- 1/2 teaspoon orange flower water
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted, room temperature
- Sugar
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Brush madeleine mold with melted butter; dust with flour.
- Combine eggs, honey, 1/4 cup sugar and grated orange peel in bowl of electric mixer.
- Set over saucepan of simmering water (do not let bowl touch water); stir just until lukewarm, about 2 minutes.
- Remove from over water and beat with electric mixer until pale yellow and tripled in volume, about 12 minutes.
- Add orange flower water and vanilla extract.
- On low speed, gradually mix in flour, scraping bowl occasionally.
- Transfer 1/3 of batter to medium bowl.
- Gradually fold 3/4 cup melted butter into batter in medium bowl (do not fold in water at bottom of butter).
- Gently fold mixture into remaining batter (batter will thicken slightly).
- Spoon batter into madeleine mold, filling almost to top.
- Bake until cookies are springy to touch, turning pan half-way through cooking, about 10 minutes.
- Invert pan onto rack.
- Gently pry out cookies with knife tip.
- Sprinkle cookies with sugar.
- Wipe out molds, brush with melted butter, dust with flour and repeat with remaining batter.
- Cool completely on rack.
- (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.
- Store in airtight container at room temperature.)
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/honey-orange-madeleines-1807 (may not work)