Madeleines with Lavender Honey
Delicate French butter cakes flavored with lavender honey and almond flour, baked until golden brown with their characteristic shell-like shape. These classic madeleines have a light, airy texture and subtle honey-lavender sweetness.
Ingredients
- •9 tablespoons unsalted butter
- •4 large egg whites
- •1⅓ cups powdered sugar
- •6 tablespoons all purpose flour
- •¼ cup almond flour
- •1 tablespoon lavender honey
- •1 piece Madeleine pan
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter each madeleine mold in pan and dust with flour, tapping out excess. Melt 9 tablespoons unsalted butter in medium skillet over medium heat. Cook until butter turns golden brown, stirring often, 3 to 4 minutes. Set browned butter aside.
10 min
- 2.
Using electric mixer, beat egg whites, sugar, all purpose flour, and almond flour in medium bowl until mixture is blended and smooth. Place honey in small microwave-safe bowl. Heat just to warm, 5 to 10 seconds. Beat honey into batter. Add browned butter; beat to blend. Spoon 1 tablespoon batter into each prepared madeleine mold.
15 min
- 3.
Bake madeleines until tops are just dry and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 12 minutes. Cool 5 minutes. Gently tap madeleines out of molds. Place on rack to cool slightly.
17 min
- 4.
To prepare additional madeleines, wash pan and cool completely. Butter and flour molds and fill as directed above. Serve madeleines warm.
5 min
