Classic French madeleines

Name: Classic French madeleines
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 200 gram butter; 3 eggs; 130 gram sugar; 2 tablespoons honey; 60 ml milk; 1 package of vanilla sugar (8 gram); 10 gram baking powder; 200 gram all-purpose flour

Classic French madeleines are very easy lovely looking and tasting mini cakes. They get even better using beurre noisette. Ready in 20 minutes.

20 minutes

12 persons

Pie and cake

Recipe classic french madeleines

Made by Véronique

Published at 2015-10-22, this recipe is for 12 persons and takes 20 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2024-07-31

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Preparation time

10 minutes

Time cooking

10 minutes

Total time

20 minutes

Preparation – 10 minutes + waiting time

First, create a 'beurre noisette', browned butter that gives the madeleines a beautiful nutty flavour. It's simple, melt the butter in a small saucepan until the butter starts to turn a little bit brown.

This doesn't mean burnt, so keep an eye on the butter. Turn down the heat and let it cool a little bit. In the bowl of your mixer, combine milk, honey, eggs, sugar and vanilla sugar until you've reached a smooth mixture.

Sift the flour and baking powder and add to the mix. Add the beurre noisette and now the batter is done. Scoop the batter into a piping bag, if you don't own one you can keep the batter in the bowl.

Store in the fridge until the batter has cooled down. Pre-heat the oven to 210 degrees celsius or 410 degrees fahrenheit. Coat the madeleine pan to prevent the madeleines from sticking.

Baking the classic French madeleines – 10 minutes

When the batter has cooled down and the oven is pre-heated, you can fill the madeleine pan about 3/4. You can easily do this using the piping bag, but it will also work with a spoon.

Keep in mind they will rise in the oven. Bake them in the oven for about 10 minutes, depending on your oven. Keep an eye on them, they tend to colour before you even notice it!