Madeleines (with a Halloween twist!)

Madeleines are soft, buttery, and yummy. I thought I'd make a childhood favorite and add a Halloween twist to it. This recipe makes 30 madeleines if you use the special pan.

Ingredients:

8 tbsp of butter, plus extra for greasing*

3 eggs
1 egg yolk

1 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 cup superfine sugar

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder

*I use margarine for a better taste and grease the pan with baking spray.

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease the madeleine pan with butter (or margarine or spray).

2. Melt the butter in a small saucepan and cool.

3. Place the eggs, egg yolk, vanilla extract, and sugar in a large bowl and whisk until very pale and thick. Sift in the flour and baking powder and fold in, then fold in the melted butter. Spoon the batter into the pan.

 

4. Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, or until risen and golden brown. Make sure you watch then. Remove the cakes carefully from the pan and let cool on a wire rack.

Since it is Halloween, I decided to use the cookies as Frankenstein. I melted some green chocolate and regular semi-sweet chocolate. I used the milk chocolate as the hair and the green as the face and ta-dah!

 

Prepared and Posted by Edit Issagholian

Recipe Courtesy of "1001 Cupcakes, Cookies & Other Tempting Treats"