Name: Brown Butter Madeleines
Yield: Yield 3 dozen 3-inch cookies
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon chopped lemon zest; 2 tablespoons soft sweet butter; 4 large eggs; ¾ cup plus 3 tablespoons flour; Pinch salt; ⅔ cup sugar; 6 ounces (1½ sticks) sweet butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; Powdered sugar (for dusting the cookies)

Preparation info

Yield
3 dozen

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

A traditional tea cake of Proustian fame, madeleines are good with a cup of hot tea or an espresso. They are miraculous when made with imported French butter, with its added richness. (mail order sources.) The use of brown butter gives them an added twist.

Ingredients

6 ounces (1½ sticks) sweet butter
2 tablespoons soft sweet butter

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Melt the 6 ounces of butter in a small pot. Heat the butter over medium heat until it is brown and gives off a nutty aroma. Strain and cool the butter to

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