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Description
It pairs perfectly with tea and coffee. Madeleine sponge cookies with various add-ins are very delicate and tasty. There are many legends about its origin in France. One of them says that at a royal banquet, because the chef was ill, no dessert was prepared. The situation was saved by a maid named Madeleine, who made the cookies using her mother's recipe. The baking is ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. First, we need to beat the eggs with powdered sugar. You can also use regular sugar, but trust me, the dough will be more tender with powdered sugar. The egg mixture should turn out light.
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Step 2
2. Add the sifted flour to the eggs. Here you need to add a flavoring. We use vanilla, but you can choose any flavor you like. It could be lemon juice with lemon zest, caramel liqueur, or a rum tincture. It all depends on your taste.
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Step 3
3. Melt the butter and pour it into the dough. The mixture should be well stirred until it becomes homogeneous.
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Step 4
4. The dough turned out thin. It needs to be poured into the molds.
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Step 5
5. Preheat the oven in advance to 180 °C. Place the pan in the oven and bake for about 20 minutes. The cookies should not have cracked. I somehow messed up the temperature. But that didn’t make them any worse. Very tender, tasty, and fragrant cookies. They are suitable for breakfast, dessert, and a banquet.