This melt in your mouth hazelnut Madeleines recipe is made with brown butter and ground hazelnuts for an amazing taste. The perfect delicate French cookie
Delectable Hazelnut Madeleines
If you’re into delicate taste, sweetness, and French Cuisine, then you’re going to love these Delectable Hazelnut Madeleines cookies. They super easy to make, don’t require a mixer and are ready in 30 minutes or less.
Madeleine cookies are tender, moist and cakey, just like French Financiers. Both start off with brown butter and use nut flours in their recipes. You can use almond, hazelnuts, walnuts, and pistachios. To me, they’re more like portable little cakes than cookies.
Whenever we go to New York, we stop by The Pierre Hotel to enjoy 5 o’clock tea. My daughters and I enjoy sipping some aromatic tea, enjoying tea sandwiches, Classic English Scones, and of course, their pastries.
My oldest, always orders “Le Petite Madeleines” on the side. She loves that these cookies are dipped in dark chocolate.
Lately, she’s been asking me to make them at home. Since I’m always busy with the blog, my plan has been sitting on the back burner until Mother’s Day.
My husband came home with a huge bag from Sur La Table. Inside the bag, he gifted me lots of baking stuff. One of the things he bought was a Madeleine Mold. My daughter took it as a sign and we spent the day baking with them.
As you can see, these cookies are great to make with kids.
When coming up with a recipe, I wanted to avoid the usual flavors: lemon, almond, chocolate, and vanilla. Since I love anything with hazelnuts, I decided to use that nut. For the outside, we dipped them in chocolate and chopped hazelnuts. This step is entirely optional.
I hope you can try these delicious Hazelnut Madeleines at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.
Hazelnut Madeleines
Ingredients
- 1 Stick Unsalted Butter (1/2 cup)
- 1/2 cup Hazelnuts toasted and peeled
- 3/5 cup All Purpose Flour
- 2 tablespoons Coffee Mate Hazelnut Flavor*
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- Pinch of Salt
Topping (optional)
- 1/2 cup Dark Chocolate Chunks or chips
- 1/4 cup Chopped Hazelnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a Madeleine Pan. Set aside
- Grind the hazelnuts in a food processor until fine
- Place butter in a pan over medium-low heat. Melt butter and whirl the pan occasionally
- When butter turns brown and develops a nutty aroma, remove from heat and strain. Cool for 5 minutes
- In a bowl mix the all purpose flour, the ground hazelnuts and the salt
- In another bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar, and coffee mate. Add the butter, mix, and finally add the flour mixture slowly until combined
- Cover the bowl and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours. This step is optional but gives the cookie more flavor.
- Use a piping bag or a spoon to fill each crevice of the Madeleine pan. Do not overfill
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until firm, but soft to the touch
- Remove from the oven and place on a cookie rack to cool
- For topping
- Melt the chocolate and place in a bowl. Place the hazelnut chunks in another bowl. Dip each cookie in the chocolate and then in the hazelnut chunks. Let the chocolate harden on a cookie rack
- Enjoy!
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OMG! I love cookies! I save in favorites your delectable hazelnut madeleines cookies recipe. It looks delicious.
Also love macarons, now I go to see your recipe. I tried to do this a lot of times but were a big fail.
Thank you so much!! Glad you liked it!