Filed under: Recipes — Posted by: Baden on Apr 17, 2005

They’re really quite simple when you think about it. Just a mixture of 7 ingredients and then into the oven. In a short 15 or so minutes later, they’re out onto your counter ready to enjoy.
Madeleines are a traditional French pastry typically served with coffee or tea. You must use a special shell-shaped form pan to bake the madeleines but in less than 45 minutes from start to finish you can be enjoying these tasty treats.
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My favourite version of madeleines are Lemon Madeleines (
see my recipe here) which contains just a hint of fresh lemon taste.
While I’m sure that people have been making madeleines in France for generations, I only discovered them about 2 years ago from the most unlikely source. I happened to be watching this action movie called the Transporter which was happened to be set in the south of France. In between people getting blown up or kicked in the head, there was this scene in the movie where the hero’s girl makes him some madeleines for breakfast. I was intrigued and searched through several sources to find a recipe that I liked. Several changes later is the end result of my version.
On a leisurely Sunday morning along with coffee, there’s simply nothing better. Enjoy.
Baden
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I saw the movie The Transporter as well and I too went looking for the recipe because of that. I am looking foward to trying your recipe. I will be sure to tell you how I like them.
Baden,
I haven’t tryed your recipe yet because I haven’t been able to find a bake pan for the madeleines. I looked in Bed, Bath and Beyond but they didn’t have any. Do you have any suggest on where to find one?
Erin
Baden,
I tried your recipe and I love it. It was just what I was looking for. I may need to practice making them better but, the taste was still good. Thanks.
Erin
i found your site looking for madeleine recipes… I tried Martha’s yesterday and to be honest, despite the half cup of butter it was dry. So will try yours now. I loved “The Transporter” and yes, got the urge to make these from that, plus the fact that my daughter is always getting them at Starbuck’s. I got my pan at BB&B but I know that you can get silicon versions online through Betty Crocker.
Dawn,
I’ve had good sucess with my recipe. As I told Erin above, the secret is in the mixing stage and I don’t think that I could get them to turn out without using my Kitchen Aid.
Let me know how it turns out.
Baden