Madeleine Cookies
Classic French Madeleine Cookies with a soft texture and delicious taste of butter and lemon. They will become your favorite treat all year round. Dip them in chocolate and freeze-dried raspberries for extra flavor.
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Ingredients you’ll need
- Eggs
- All-purpose flour
- Unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- Granulated sugar
- Lemon zest
One Dough Holiday Cookie Box can be filled with Madeleine Cookies.
Step by Step Instructions
Step One. Preheat oven to 375oF degrees (190oC).
Step Two. In the small bowl melt unsalted butter and let it cool to room temperature.
Step Three. In a mixing bowl, whisk together, granulated sugar and eggs until you get a fluffy texture. About 3-5 minutes depends on the speed of your mixer.
Step Four. Add zest of one lemon into the mixture. Fold in the flour. Add melted butter around the edges of the mixing bowl and mix until all combines. Place all madeleine cookies dough into pipping bag and chill in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
Tip from Marina: if you don’t have pipping bag, use Ziplock bag.
Step Five. Grease madeleine cookies pan with butter. Cut out a corner of pipping bag and divide the batter among the madeleine pan.
Step Six. Bake cookies at 375oF (190oC) for 10-12 minutes until slightly brown on top.
Allow the cookies to cool completely. Dip into chocolate and decorate with freeze dried raspberries. This is totally optional but gives extra flavor.
Recipe FAQs
Store cookies in an air-tight container or storage bag on the counter for 2-3 days. It is best to eat them within a day. Usually, they disappear fast.
Yes, they are great for freezing. Place cookies into a plastic bag or air-tight container and keep them in the freezer. When you are ready to eat them, allow cookies in the refrigerator for a few hours. After that, you can deep into chocolate and decorate.
Madeleine cookies are ready to serve when they reach room temperature.
More Delicious Cookies
- Lemon Cheesecake Macarons
- Pistachio Cookies
- Holiday Cookie Box
- Amaretti Cookies
- Hazelnut Cookies
- French Meringue Macarons Shells
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Madeleine Cookies
Equipment
- 1 stand mixer or electric hand mixer
- 1 pipping bag
Ingredients
- 2 eggs room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375oF degrees (190oC).
- In the small bowl melt unsalted butter and let it cool to room temperature.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together, granulated sugar and eggs until you get a fluffy texture. About 3-5 minutes depends on the speed of your mixer.
- Add zest of one lemon into the mixture. Fold in the flour. Add melted butter around the edges of the mixing bowl and mix until all combines.
- Place all madeleine cookies dough into pipping bag and chill in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
- Grease madeleine cookies pan with butter. Cut out a corner of pipping bag and divide the batter among the madeleine pan.
- Bake at 375oF degrees (190oC) for 10-12 minutes until slightly brown on top.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely. Dip into chocolate and decorate with freeze dried raspberries.