I finally found a madeleine recipe that worked for me… I basically did this, borrowing from an online recipe and from Julia Child's "The Way to Cook"…
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 6 ounces unsalted butter (plugra) melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- a few drops of lemon juice
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Paint madeleine tin with a flour and melted butter mixture (1 tbsp flour and 1 tbsp plus 1/4 tsp melted butter).
2. Sift the flour into a bowl. Add vanilla extract and lemon juice to butter. Combine the eggs and sugar in a sauce pan. Place pan on low heat and beat the mixture with a whisk or electric beaters until thick and pale yellow. Remove the pan from the heat and continue to beat the mixture until cooled slightly and increased in volume.
3. Add the egg and sugar mixture to the sifted flour, then add in the butter, vanilla extract and lemon juice. Fold all ingredients in quickly until just combined. Spoon the mixture into the madeleine tin.
4. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly golden. Carefully remove from the tin and place on a wire rack until cold. OPTIONAL: Dust with powdered sugar before serving.