Lemon Madeleines

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Ingredients

  • 0.5 cup white sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 0.75 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 0.5 lemon, juiced and zested
  • 0.25 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting

Steps

  1. Blend sugar and eggs in a large bowl. Add melted butter and blend well. Blend in flour, baking powder, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla on low speed. Cover the bowl with a dish towel and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour.
  2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Butter and flour madeleine molds.
  3. Whisk batter and spoon into the prepared molds, 3/4 full.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove madeleines from the molds to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.