Madeleines or Bear Paws

[judydawn]

Lucky you maddy.

Isi is the flour just plain all-pupose flour. I've done a bit of research and it seems to be the case although some recipes call for a bit of baking powder and others don't. 

[judydawn]

I made them with plain flour plus 1/4 tsp baking powder and they turned out just like isi's although my dough didn't look as runny as hers, I just dolloped a tablespoonful in the middle of the mould and it found it's way to the edges during baking.  Had the little bump on the top too so was very happy with them.  Trouble is it only made 12 - did you do double quantity isi?

[Thermomixer]

Maddy, I just got mine for $17.99 each at a kitchenware shop called 'House' - bought the last two, or probably the ONLY two they had.  Now I'm off to make the little bear paws 

OMG JD - you have become a real obsessed foodie !!

[judydawn]

I have indeed Thermomixer.  If only DH would eat more so that I could cook more   Had soup and homemade bread for lunch, thawed out some scones to have with jam and cream followed by a taste of a madeleine each - come tea time and he didn't want anything else once I had given him one of isi's freshy baked Portuguese rolls.

[winosandfoodies]

I made these this week and was disappointed as they were quite heavy. I made the mixture the night before and left it in the fridge overnight. I have made Madeleines before using a Susan Loomis recipe from her book Tarte Tatin with a lighter result.

[isi]

hi Judy!!

it really is difficult with this flour thing - It seem that the difference of the flours we use influence a lot the recipes.
Itīs difficult to explain because I just use 2 kinds of wheat flour to bake - the 550 quality for Cakes and 650 quality for bread.
Dont ask me to explain you the difference because I am not able to do this in English

The Fotos are with double quantity of mass!!!

Hi winosandfoodies - sorry that you have not good results with this recipe - mine are always very light - perhaps the reason has to do with the flour we use!!

Regards
isi

[judydawn]

Mine were perfect isi. I only rested them in the fridge for 1/2 hour then froze most of them so that we wouldn't eat them all the first day as I wanted to be able to pull some out when we had visitors.  Did just that yesterday and they were as good as the day they were baked.  DH really liked them too which means I'll be making more.

[winosandfoodies]

Thanks for your response Isi. I know flours can vary in moisture content depending on where the wheat is grown.

Here is the Susan Loomis recipe I used.
http://winosandfoodies.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/11/post.html

I note the  flour is folded in. I wondered if perhaps using a shorter blend time after adding the flour and butter might give me a better result.

But they did look nice and I will try the recipe again.
http://winosandfoodies.typepad.com/winosandfoodies_project_3/2010/03/day-70-thursday.html

[judydawn]

Made these last night using the zest of an orange as I remembered how nice they were and my tray has only been used once

I used SR flour this time and again rested for 30 minutes before baking - not in the fridge because it was cold enough in the kitchen.

These are really nice, the darker ones weren't as dark as they appear and are now all in the freezer (apart from the obvious missing madeleine).  I'll dust them with icing sugar before serving.

[EmeraldSue]

Thanks for bumping this Judy- it gives me an excuse to use my grandmother's Madeleine tin that has been sitting unused in my cupboard for years 

[cookie1]

We love Madeleines. Thanks for the bump Judy. I don't recall seeing this recipe before. The biscuit barrel is nearly empty.

[stacelee]

Try dipping them in chocolate, just the tips.  YUM.  They look great also if you dip them in dark then in light chocolate.  There is a lovely cookbook called We Love Madeleines that is available as a Kindle book...it has some great recipes in it.

[judydawn]

I had considered that stacelee 

[achookwoman]

Thanks for bumping.  DH will love these,  especially if I dip the ends in chocolate.

[Katiej]

They look great JD.
I should make some, a lovely lady gave me a Madeleine tray and I haven't used it yet.