CLASSIC LEMON MADELEINES RECIPE - MILDLY MEANDERING

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Classic Lemon Madeleines Recipe - Mildly Meandering image

Lemon Madeleines - A delicious French dessert perfect for spring! Light lemon cakes baked in a shell-shaped madeleine pan and topped with powdered sugar. These lemon madeleines are pure perfection!

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 8

1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
6 tbsp butter, melted and cooled
3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
Zest of one lemon
1 tsp baking powder
Confectinoners' sugar

Steps:

  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar until well combined and frothy. Add in butter, lemon juice, and lemon zest and mix together. Sift in flour and baking powder, stirring until well combined. Set aside to rest for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease madeleine pan and dust it with flour. Transfer a heaping tablespoon full of batter into each of the indentations and spread evenly. Once each of the indentations is filled, place in oven and bake for 8-9 minutes. The madeleine should be a bit golden and cooked through. Place on a cooling rack and dust with powdered sugar once cool.

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