Eve's recipe

Recipe ~ The madeleines of our childhood 🫶

Who says March, says Grandmother's Day and Shrove Tuesday... So we made oreillettes and madeleines! And today we share with you the recipe for Proust's sweet treats!

March 8, 2025Recipe

Oven
180 °C
Cooking
About ten minutes
A baking tray filled with delicious golden madeleines, on a lit wooden table.

Eve's madeleines

Ingredients

  • 250 gflour
  • 150 gsugar
  • 200 gsalted butter
  • 1 packageyeast
  • 4eggs
  • Orange zest

Preparation

  1. Melt the butter – let it cool.
  2. Beat together the eggs and sugar.
  3. Add the zest.
  4. Mix the flour and yeast. Add to the egg – sugar – flavoring mixture
  5. Beat well and add the cooled melted butter.
  6. Refrigerate the dough – at least 1 hour – even better overnight.
  7. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  8. Butter and fill the madeleine molds 2/3 full.
  9. Cook for about ten minutes – take the madeleines out when they are golden brown.

Note: the dough can be kept for several days in the fridge.

Golden madeleines in a mold, a delicious treat to share.

Home tips

Gourmet associations

  • Ideas for a change from orange zest.
  • Lemon zest
  • Vanilla & rum
  • Tonka bean with half chestnut flour
  • Replace 100g butter with 50g olive oil + lemon zest

Gourmet madeleines

  • Before baking, insert a square of chocolate in the center of the dough or a teaspoon of your favorite jam.
Small, buttery cakes, fresh from the mold, ready to be enjoyed.Golden madeleines on a wooden table, a warm and rustic atmosphere.

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