Green Tea Madeleines

Green Tea Madeleines

Ingredients:

1/2 stick (4 tbsp) unsalted Butter, melted and cooled

1/3 cup White Sugar

1/2 cup All-purpose Flour, sifted

a pinch of Salt

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tbsp Green Tea Powder (Matcha)

1 large fresh Egg (at room temperature)

1/2 tbsp Low-fat Milk (at room temperature)

1 tbsp Sugar Powder, for dusting *optional

1 tbsp unsalted, melted (for coating the pans)

1 tbsp All-purpose Flour (for dusting the pans)

Tool:

Shell-shaped Madeleine Pans

Instructions:

In a medium bowl, add-in the flour, baking powder, sugar, a pinch of salt, and green tea powder. Mix with a wire whisk to combine. Set aside.

In another bowl, combine the egg (room temperature) and milk; whisk until frothy.

(*Room temperature eggs expand in volume when beaten.)




Add the egg mixture into the flour mixture. Stir until combined with a rubber spatula.




Then add the cooled melted butter, and mix until combined. Do not over-mix!

Cover the bowl with a cling wrap and place in the fridge for at least 6 hours or overnight.

(*Resting the batter in the fridge makes all the difference, so don't skip this step. It helps to create the madeleine bump to form.)

 


Preheat the oven to 190°C.

Brush a generous amount of melted butter with a pastry brush in the molds of the madeleine pans; and lightly dust flour over the molds with a fine mesh strainer.

Pull the bowl of batter out from the fridge, and fill each mold in the madeleine pan with a spoonful of 
batter. *Do not overfill; no need to smooth them out in the molds, as they will just melt when baking.


Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until the madeleines’ edges turns slightly golden, and the tops spring back when touched.

Remove the madeleine pans from the oven, and let cool for 3 minutes.

Gently remove the madeleines from the molds with a fork, and place them onto a rack to cool.

Dust the tops with powdered sugar, and serve slightly warm or at room temperature.

Happy Baking!!

Note:

Madeleines are great paired with tea or coffee.