Foryoueats: Madeleines

Ingredients

• For the Batter:
• ½ cup unsalted butter (½ cup equals 4 oz, 8 Tbsp, or 1 stick of butter)
• 3 large eggs (50 g each w/o shell) (at room temperature)
• ⅔ cup sugar
• ¼ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 tsp lemon zest (one lemon yields 2–3 tsp of zest; in a pinch, you can use orange zest)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour (plain flour) (weigh your flour or use the “fluff and sprinkle“ method and level it off)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• For the Pans:
• 1 Tbsp unsalted butter (for greasing 2 pans)
• 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour (plain flour) (for dusting 2 pans)
• For Serving:
• ½ Tbsp confectioners’ sugar (optional, for dusting)