Description
Orange & cinnamon black spiced tea combines with light and airy French cake cookies in this recipe for Orange Spice Tea Madeleines.
Ingredients
Units
- eggs at room temperature - 2 large
- granulated sugar - 1/2 cup
- vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
- all purpose flour - 1 cup
- baking powder - 1 1/2 teaspoons
- salt - 1/2 teaspoon
- unsalted butter - 10 tablespoons
- honey - 1 tablespoon
- MarketSpiceTea (loose or other cinnamon orange flavored tea - 2 heaping tablespoons)
- powdered sugar - 2 tablespoons
- cinnamon - 1/2 teaspoon
Instructions
- Place the eggs in a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Whip on medium-high speed, adding the sugar a little at a time, until all the sugar is incorporated. Turn the mixer to high and whisk until the eggs have doubled in volume, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and stir in the vanilla, followed by the flour baking powder and salt.
- Cover the bowl and allow to rest for at least 30 minutes and up to an hour.
- Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Add the loose leaf MarketSpice Tea and allow to seep for 10 minutes. Then strain the loose tea from the butter, it may take 2-3 strains to get rid of all of the tea bits.
- Remove and reserve 2 tablespoons of the butter for brushing the pans. Allow the butter to cool for 20-30 minutes.
- Stir the butter (rewarm to liquefy if necessary) and honey into the batter until smooth. Cover the batter and allow to rest for an additional 30 minutes or up to an hour.
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- In 2 madeleine molds, brush 16 shell indentations with the remaining 2 tablespoons melted butter.
- Using about 1 1/2 tablespoons, fill each indentation in the molds three-quarters full with batter. Slightly moisten the tip of your finger with water to spread the batter evenly into the shells and smooth out the top. Additionally, tap the pan on the counter to distribute the batter evenly.
- Bake until deep golden brown, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, allow to cool for about 3 minutes, and then tip them out onto a cooling rack.
- Once the madeleines have slightly cooled down, gently sprinkle them with powdered sugar through a fine mesh sieve or strainer. Followed by a fine dusting of cinnamon.
- Serve warm with fresh black tea or fresh black coffee as a midday snack, breakfast or dessert. Santé.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 20 minutes