The Authentic French Madeleines Recipe
Here is the authentic madeleines recipe, also known as madeleines de Commercy. A delicious and easy French recipe for breakfast or brunch.
Ingredients
- 125 g unsalted butter
- 125 g all-purpose flour
- 3 eggs
- 3 tbsp whole milk
- 6 g baking powder
- 100 g brown sugar
- zest of 1 organic lemon
Instructions
- In a saucepan, melt the butter over low heat and set it aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, mix the eggs with the sugar. Then add the flour, baking powder, lemon zest, milk, and melted butter, mix well. Cover and refrigerate the batter for at least 1 hour.
- Use a pastry brush, and coat each mold in the madeleine pan well with melted butter. Preheat your oven to 210°C (thermostat 7) or 410°F. Fill your madeleine molds with the preparation and bake for about 10 min. This recipe makes about 16 madeleines, bake in two separate batches if you only have one madeleine pan. The madeleines are done when the edges are slightly browned and the top humps spring back after lightly pressed with your finger.
- Invert the pan onto a kitchen towel, and transfer the madeleines to a wire rack to slightly cool. These are best served immediately when they are still warm, dust with powdered sugar. Bon appétit!
Notes
Depending on your taste, you can replace the lemon zest with 1 tablespoon of rum or orange blossom water for example. One more thing! Madeleines are delicious when eaten just from the oven and cooled until barely warm. They will keep for a day or two in an airtight container but will start to lose that nice crisp texture after a while. Madeleines are simply at their best when super fresh.