twas a snow day and i was stuck at home with the dying urge to bake (read: make the house warmer). early on i thought about madeleines, and when i say i thought about madeleines, i mean i obsessed over their cakey french goodness for hours. i went to the kitchen and crumbled in disappointment, no lemons. i may or may not have cried in the fetal position in the corner for a whole minute...as i saw them: those sexy little clementines in my fruit bowl. 'twas done. i knew what i had to do. and i bring forth to you, my lovely reader, the clementine madeleine with almond extract. FRACK these things are good.
auditory pairing: generationals - bobby beale
clementine madeleines
yields ~20 madeleines
yields ~20 madeleines
adapted from stickygooeycreamychewy
- 2/3 c all purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- pinch salt
- 1/2 sugar
- zest of 1.5 clementines (they're small!)
- 2 large eggs at room temp
- 2 tsp almond extract
- 3/4 stick (6 tbsp) butter, melted then cooled
- confectionar's sugar (for dusting)
1. butter and flour your madeleine pan, place in freezer
2. in a small bowl, rub the clementine zest and sugar together between your fingertips, until sugar is fragrant and moist, set aside
3. in a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt
4. in the bowl of a stand mixer, add the sugar and zest, along with eggs. using whisk attachment, beat on medium-high (8) speed, until lighter in color and thick (about 3 mins).
5. beat in almond extract
6. with a silicone/rubber spatula, gently fold in the dry ingredients (i added in 3 steps)
7. once the dry ingredients are fully incorporated, gently fold in the melted butter
8. take a piece of saran wrap and press it onto the batter, set batter in fridge for at least 3 hours
9. preheat oven to 400F, dollop a small amount of batter into each shell of the pan (try not to overfill, overfill prevents those lovely lady humps from happening)
10. bake 8-12 minutes, until edges look a little golden and humps form
11. remove tray from oven, remove madeleines and set on rack to cool
12. dust with powdered sugar (optional)
OMNOMNOM!
8. take a piece of saran wrap and press it onto the batter, set batter in fridge for at least 3 hours
9. preheat oven to 400F, dollop a small amount of batter into each shell of the pan (try not to overfill, overfill prevents those lovely lady humps from happening)
10. bake 8-12 minutes, until edges look a little golden and humps form
11. remove tray from oven, remove madeleines and set on rack to cool
12. dust with powdered sugar (optional)
OMNOMNOM!
Oh my darlin', oh my darlin', my darlin' Clementine Mande... scroll up to double check the spelling... leine. These look unsuitable to eat. Let me know when you throw them out. Exactly when.
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