Classic Orange Madeleines
How to make the perfect Orange Madeleines with Orange Flower Water
Servings: 12 cookies
Calories: 60kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup cake flour 2 oz/60 g
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup granulated sugar 2 oz/60 g
- orange zest from one orange
- 2 tsp orange blossom water
- 4 TBSP unsalted butter melted
- confectioner's sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Put a rack on the lower third of the oven and preheat to 400℉/(200℃).
- Generously butter a 12-mold madeleine pan.
- Sift together the flour and the baking powder. Set aside.
- In a second bowl, in a mixer beat together the egg, granulated sugar, orange zest, and orange blossom water for 30 seconds.
- Increase the speed of the mixer to high and beat the mixture until it has quadrupled and is very thick. It should take about 10 minutes.
- Using a rubber spatula, carefully fold in the flour mixture and then the melted butter into the egg mixture.
- Using a 1 TBSP ice cream scoop, spoon the batter into the prepared molds, filling each about ¾ full.
- Bake the madeleines until they are lightly browned around the edges and on the bottom, between 10-12 minutes.
- Remove the madeleines from the oven, and immediately flip them out onto a wire rack.
- Using a fine mesh sieve or a sifter, dust the orange madeleines with confectioners' sugar.
- Best served warm. Makes 12 madeleines.
Nutrition
Calories: 60kcal