Madeleine Cookies

Recipe: Bon Appetit

Made about 14 madeleine cookies

Ingredients:

2 large eggs

1/4 cup castor sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel

pinch of salt

1 cup all purpose flour

10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly

powdered sugar (optional) for dusting

Method:

Preheat oven to 375F (175C), generously butter and flour pan for large madeleines.

Using electric mixer, beat eggs and 1/4 cup sugar in large bowl just to blend.

Beat in vanilla, lemon peel and salt, add flour, beat just until blended, gradually add cooled melted butter in steady stream, beating just until blended.

Spoon 1 tablespoon batter into each indentation in pan.  Bake until pffed and brown, about 10-16 minutes, cool 5 minutes, gently remove from pan.

Repeat process, buttering and flouring pan before each batch.  Do ahead can be made 1 day ahead.

Dust cookies with powdered sugar.