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Madeleine cookies - an iconic French delicacy

Madeleine cookies are a classic of French cuisine. Its history begins in the 18th century in Lorraine, and later the recipe miraculously finds its way to France to the confectioners of Versailles. Therefore, very common in production, but at the same time, the unique French biscuit cookies became a favorite dessert for the European nobility. There are a huge number of recipes for this sweet, and even one of the best is from Alexandre Dumas in the “Culinary Dictionary”.

Nowadays, cookies have become even more popular and have captured love all over the globe. It is prepared in various countries and in various cuisines of the world. Unique “Madelenki” are baked goods made from the most delicate dough, which contains sugar, butter, flour mixture with orange or lemon zest, and eggs. Let's look step by step and with photos on how to prepare this confectionery magic.

Traditional version of Madeleine cookies

Usually the finished dish is shaped like scallops. This is achieved due to the use of special baking molds.

Wheat flour – 150 g;
Testicles - three pieces;
Vanilla sugar - one package;
Sweet sand – 100 g (preferably sweet powder);
Lemon (zest);
Baking powder - small spoon;
Butter – 130 g.

{Instructions} for cooking are as follows:

Beat sugar, eggs, vanilla sugar until fluffy snow-white foam;
Sift the flour mixture along with the baking powder, add it to the egg mixture and mix thoroughly. Evenly add softened butter, grated lemon zest, and stir everything. Cover the container with the dough with film and put it in the refrigerator for two to three hours (this is a fundamental point, all French websites write about it). This will make our masterpiece more airy;
Grease the molds a little with butter and sprinkle with flour. We spread the dough in such a way that it fills the molds 2/3;
We set the temperature to 230 degrees and bake the dessert for four minutes, then reduce it to 180 and bake for another 5 minutes. The cookies should acquire a golden color and convex outlines;
Cool the finished products and sprinkle with sweet powder.

Molds for madeleine cookies in the shape of shells or scallops are sold in any pastry shop or in large hypermarkets.

But it is possible to do without silicone molds. As a substitute, ordinary disposable paper forms or containers for baking cupcakes and muffins are often used.

The traditional recipe for madeleine cookies will appeal to novice housewives, because it is very easy to implement. You will get soft, wonderful cookies with an unforgettable smell, prepared at home.

You can also bake a chocolate version of this cool treat. These cookies will intrigue you with their brownish interior and excellent smell, because a little cocoa is added to the already familiar ingredients. The result is a beautiful mulatto madeleine with a pleasant chocolate taste. You can also add orange zest or poppy seeds for piquancy and originality. Bananas will add a new flavor note, which is also often used as a separate ingredient.

You can prepare the dough in the evening and put it in the refrigerator, and in the morning bake fresh cookies for coffee or tea. There is absolutely not enough time for all this, but the result is simply cool.

Madeleine recipe from Julia Vysotskaya

Try to measure a clear amount of ingredients, because the final result directly depends on this. You need no more than 50 grams of flour per egg, or better yet 35 grams, then the cookies will turn out airy and not languid. Do not overcook the dish in the oven; it should be a little wet inside.

Brown sugar – 100 g;
Flour – 70 g;
One lemon;
Two testicles;
Baking powder - small spoon;
Almonds (peeled) – 30 g;
Vanilla extract – 1/4 teaspoon;
Butter – 80 g.

Madeleine with pistachios

You will really like the green color of the baked goods that comes from the pistachios.

Two egg whites;
Flour – 85 g;
Candied orange fruits - a handful;
Small sugar – 100 g;
One egg yolk;
Butter – 110 g;
Unsalted pistachios – 50 g;
Sweet powder - a teaspoon;
Sea salt - 1/4 small spoon.

Previously, set the temperature in the oven to 180 degrees;
In a small bowl, melt 100 grams of butter and cool it a little;
In a blender, “beat” the pistachios into crumbs, add them to the flour mixture with sugar and salt;
Mix the candied fruits with the yolk, add melted butter, mix well;
Pour this mixture into flour and mix thoroughly;
Beat the whites into a strong foam and mix evenly into the dough mixture;
Grease the baking pans with the remaining butter and place them in the dough;
Bake for 10-12 minutes in a heated oven, and sprinkle the finished product with sweet powder.

Madeleine will greatly amuse your loved ones at a family tea party.

Citrus madeleine cookies

In world cooking, there are a different number of recipes for Madeleines with vanilla, salted caramel, and pistachios. The citrus version is also very popular.

Two eggs;
Lime, orange, lemon - one fruit each;
Flour and brown sugar – 70 g each;
Peeled almonds – 30 g;
Sea salt – 1/4 small spoon;
Baking powder – 10 g;
Butter – 80 g.

Now the step-by-step recipe:

Set the oven temperature to 170 degrees;
Grind almonds in a blender until powdered;
Sift the baking powder and flour through a sieve and mix with “almond powder”;
We grate the zest of 3 of our fruits on a small grater;
Melt 70 grams of butter;
Beat the sugar and eggs in a blender until light;
We don't stop whipping. Add melted butter, add salt and beat for some more time;
Add the egg mass to the floury almond mixture, then add 100% zest and knead the dough;
Coat the cookie molds with the remaining butter, fill with the test mixture and place in a preheated oven for 12 minutes;
Let the newly-made dish cool and then remove it from the molds.

You see, such a wonderful masterpiece is very easy to prepare at home without the help of others.

Video: Madeleine Cookies Recipe

French madeleine cookies

Madeleine cookies are a famous French cookie, usually shaped like shells. Very tasty, light and fragrant shortbread cookies, which are prepared very quickly and are a constant success.

Products
Flour – 60 g
Butter – 60 g
Egg – 1 pc.
Sugar – 60 g
Baking powder – 0.5 teaspoon
Lemon zest – 1 teaspoon
Vanilla sugar – 1 teaspoon
Salt – 1 pinch

Preparing products for French Madeleine cookies.

Grease the cookie cutters with butter.

Place 60 grams of soft butter in a mixer bowl, add 60 grams of sugar, 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt, a teaspoon of lemon zest and mix at high speed.

French taste of youth: 10 best recipes for Madeleine cookies from “Eat at Home”

Madeleines are French biscuits shaped like scallops. There are different versions of the origin of the name of this dessert. The most widespread of them says that in one of the castles in Commercy, during a ball, the cook quit and left without preparing dessert. One of the maids suggested making cookies according to her grandmother’s recipe. The result eclipsed all expectations, and the dish was christened “Madeleine” in honor of the girl given to us. At first these cookies were baked in real shells, but later a special baking dish was made.

The popularity of this cookie boomed at the beginning of the 20th century, when the novel “Towards Swann” by the French writer Marcel Proust was published. The scene where the main character dips cookies in tea is considered one of the most important in world literature, because for the first time in the text, the memory of the real collided with memoirs of the past: the taste of “Madlenki” reminded the hero of his childhood, which he will continue to remember for the next hundred pages. In French, the expression “Proust’s Madeleine” (French la madeleine de Proust) even arose, which denotes an object, taste or smell that causes an influx of memoirs.

Try to make cookies, the taste of which will leave your guests with a colorful memory of a comfortable evening in warm company! In our selection you will find different interpretations of this famous French dessert.

Madeleine cookies

Our selection opens with “Madeleine” cookies from Yulia Vysotskaya, prepared according to a classic recipe. The most important thing is not to overcook these cookies in the oven, because the inside should remain slightly wet.

Honey Madeleines with hazelnuts, cinnamon and orange zest

Our user Olga gives a recipe for airy, melt-in-your-mouth Madeleine cookies with hazelnuts, cinnamon and orange zest. The light, weightless texture of the sponge cake comes from one simple secret, which you can find out from the recipe!

Lemon madeleine cookies with blueberries

Interpretation by Yulia Vysotskaya with lemon and blueberries. The taste is very special! Serve the cookies while they're warm!

Orange Madeleines

Svetlana gives you fluffy cookies with orange jam inside.

Lemon-poppy “Madeleine”

Inna prepared cookies according to Gordon Ramsay's quick and usual recipe.

"Madeleine" lean

During Lent, you don’t have to deny yourself sweet treats! Ekaterina has prepared a Lenten version of the usual French dessert!

Madeleine cookies with sage

Ira changed the usual recipe quite slightly by adding a sage leaf to each mold. The taste was extraordinary and refreshing!

Madeleine in lemon glaze

Yulia Vysotskaya is very fond of Madeleine cookies, so she often experiments with additional ingredients and serving. Try the Madeleine with lemon glaze.

Chocolate Madeleines with coconut flakes

Chocolate-coconut variation of biscuit cookies. Thanks to Valentina for the exciting recipe!

"Madeleine" nut-chocolate

Ira prepared another variation of these cookies. Try the walnut cookies with chocolate inside!

Madeleine cookies

In European countries, namely France, Madeleine cookies are very popular. Probably almost everyone has seen and tasted small cookies made from soft biscuit dough, similar to a scallop or shell from Botticelli’s painting “The Birth of Venus”. It can have a flat or convex shape, is often baked in a closed form and has double-sided corrugation.

Typically, the dough for Madeleine is made from flour, butter, sugar and eggs, often, but not always, with the addition of soda. Lemon or orange zest, rum or fragrant liqueurs are added as flavoring. To bake Madeleine cookies, there is a mold or baking tray with specially shaped hollows into which the dough is poured and baked. Cookies are slightly more difficult to prepare than cottage cheese casserole.

Like virtually all recognizable dishes, these cookies have a sweet story behind their origins. They say that more than a quarter of a century ago, the Baron of Lorraine did not prepare dessert during a festive dinner as a result of a conflict between suppliers and the chef. And the maid Madeleine, to smooth out the situation, prepared cookies according to her grandmother’s recipe. Since then, the cookies have been named after her.

These cookies are glorified in the novel by Marcel Proust, where the main character, tasting the cookies, is transported to his childhood. When I tried Madeleine cookies, I felt a certain forgotten taste of youth. Once upon a time, there were similar cookies with the same taste, but round. I quite adored it with fresh milk. It’s striking that in France the expression “Proust’s madeleine” often means the taste of youth.

Dough for madeleines - sponge cake. This is a common dough from which various confectionery products and cake bases are baked. The word biscuit means “twice baked,” like biscotti cookies.

Biscuit dough is one of the most common. Usually, these are eggs beaten with sugar, butter and flour, plus various additives. The finished dough is poured into molds and baked. Then the baked product is used to make cakes or pastries, as well as an independent dessert. From time to time there is a sponge cake without eggs - in it starch acts as a binder.

Ingredients for madeleine cookies

Wheat flour 1.5 cups (195 g)
Butter 120 g
Testicles 2 pcs
Sugar (white and brown) 4-5 tbsp. l.
Orange 1 piece
Salt, vanilla, Cointreau liqueur additives

How to make madeleine cookies

To bake madeleine cookies, it is best to prepare all the ingredients ahead of time. In a small bowl, melt, but do not heat, the butter. Sift the flour so that no lumps get into the dough. Grate the zest from a medium-sized orange and squeeze out the juice. Prepare eggs and sugar. By the way, you can take regular sugar or mix equal parts snow-white and brown sugar.

Mix eggs, vanilla, sugar

Add orange juice and zest, liqueur

Pour in melted but not hot butter

Add sifted flour to mixture

Distribute the finished dough into the cells of the form

Bake cookies for 20-30 minutes until browned