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Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 ts grated orange peel
- 1/2 ts orange flower water
- 1/2 ts vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted, room temperature
- sugar
- melted butter
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400
Brush madeleine mold with melted butter, dust with flour.
Combine eggs, honey, sugar and grated orange peel in bowl of electric mixer. Set over saucepan of simmering water. (do not let bowl touch water); stir until lukewarm, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and beat with mixer until pale yellow and tripled in volume (about 12 minutes) Add orange flower water and vanilla.
On low speed, gradually mix in flour, scraping bowl occasionally. Transfer 1/3 batter to medium bowl. Gradually fold 3/4 cup melter butter into batter in medium bowl ( do not fold in water at bottom of butter). Gently fold mixture into remaining batter. (batter will thicken slightly.
Spoon batter into prepared molds, filling almost to top. Bake until cookies are springy to touch, turning pan half-way through cooking, about 10 minutes. Invert pan onto rack. Gently pry out cookies with knife tip. sprinkle with sugar. Wipe out molds, brush with butter, dust with flour and refill with remaining batter. Cool completely on rack.