Name: Banana Pecan Madeleines
Yield: Yield: 12 madeleines
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ¼ tsp salt; ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; ½ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract; ½ cup dark brown sugar, packed; 1 large egg, room temperature; 6 tbsp (¾ stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus 2 tbsp for pan (optional); ⅓ cup mashed ripe banana (about 1 medium banana); ⅓ cup toasted unsalted pecans, chopped

Preparation info

Yield:
12
madeleines

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Madeleines

By Barbara Feldman Morse

Published 2014

About

When you’ve got a bunch of overripe bananas in your fruit basket that you don’t want to waste, make these madeleines. They taste just like a slice of moist, rich banana bread.

Ingredients

½ cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking powder

Method

Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 350°F. Coat one 12-shell pan with baking spray, or melt an additional 2 tablespoons butter and brush a lit