MINI VANILLA CANELES

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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time P1DT2h25m

Yield 25 caneles

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 tablespoon French or European style salted butter
1 1/4 cups 2-percent milk
1 vanilla bean
1/2 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1 large egg plus 1 yolk
Butter or nonstick spray
Zest of 1 lemon, lime or orange, optional

Steps:

  • Cut the butter into small pieces and mix with the milk in a large saucepan. Split the vanilla bean in 2 pieces, scrape out the vanilla and add them to the saucepan. Set the saucepan over low heat and cook, stirring regularly with a wooden spoon, until the butter has melted and the milk starts bubbling around the edges (it shouldn't boil at all).
  • Place the flour, sugar, egg and yolk in a large bowl and mix together, stirring thoroughly before adding each ingredient. Pour in the hot milk mixture slowly, gently stirring with a large silicone spatula. Let the dough cool to room temperature, about 10 minutes. Chill in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
  • Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F. Spray the interior of each canele mold with butter spray, then set the molds in the freezer for 5 minutes to harden the butter.
  • If you choose to flavor your caneles, add some lemon, orange or lime zest to the dough at this time.
  • Fill the canele molds 3/4 of the way, leaving a 1/5-inch space at the top of each cavity. Bake the caneles for 4 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 360 degrees F and bake until golden brown, about 56 minutes more. Remove the molds from the oven and immediately turn them over onto a cooling rack. Let them cool at room temperature for 10 to 15 minutes.

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