Lemon Madeleines

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup lemon low fat yogurt or 1/4 cup plain yogurt
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• confectioners' sugar, to dust

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan, heat butter over low heat until melted and set aside.
• 2 preheat your oven to 400°f
• 3 grease your madeleine pan.
• 4 in a large bowl beat eggs, sugar, yogurt, lemon extract, vanilla extract, on low speed until blended.
• 5 scrape bowl with rubber spatula, increase speed to high and beat until very light and lemon in color approximately 5 minutes.
• 6 reduce speed to low and beat in flour, lemon peel, salt and melted butter until blended.
• 7 spoon mixture by the tablespoon full into the madeleine shells.
• 8 bake 10-15 minutes until they are golden brown.
• 9 do not over bake.
• 10 immediately remove madeleines from shells and place on wire racks to cool completely.
• 11 be sure to grease your pan each time you refill to bake.
• 12 sprinkle madeleines lightly with confec sugar.
• 13 store in a covered container to keep fresh and to prevent texture change.