Delectable Hazelnut Madeleines

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.

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Hazelnut Madeleines

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

12 mins

Total Time

27 mins

 

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

Servings: 12 cookies

Calories: 211 kcal

Author: Tiffany Bendayan

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

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Grease a Madeleine Pan. Set aside

3. Grind the hazelnuts in a food processor until fine 

4. Place butter in a pan over medium-low heat. Melt butter and whirl the pan occasionally

5. When butter turns brown and develops a nutty aroma, remove from heat and strain. Cool for 5 minutes
   

6. In a bowl mix the all purpose flour, the ground hazelnuts and the salt

7. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar, and coffee mate. Add the butter, mix, and finally add the flour mixture slowly until combined

8. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours. This step is optional but gives the cookie more flavor. 

9. Use a piping bag or a spoon to fill each crevice of the Madeleine pan. Do not overfill 

10. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until firm, but soft to the touch

11. Remove from the oven and place on a cookie rack to cool

12. For topping

13. 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

14. Enjoy! 

Recipe Notes

*You can substitute for 1 Tablespoon of Frangelico, or 1 Tablespoon of pure vanilla extract

To toast and peel hazelnuts:  Bake raw hazelnuts on a preheated oven to 375 degrees F for 15-20 minutes or until hazelnuts becomes aromatic and skin begins to break.Remove from oven and place the hazelnuts inside a kitchen towel. Rub the hazelnuts together to remove the skin off them

Nutrition Facts

Hazelnut Madeleines

Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)

Calories 211 Calories from Fat 135

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 15g 23%

Saturated Fat 7g 35%

Cholesterol 61mg 20%

Sodium 24mg 1%

Potassium 120mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates 14g 5%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 7g

Protein 3g 6%

Vitamin A 5.9%

Vitamin C 0.6%

Calcium 4.1%

Iron 5.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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