• chawkins on April 14, 2015

  Pg 38 - Lemon poppy seed madeleines. Epic fail. What a disaster. And it was not a user error. I followed the direction exactly. No hump, spreaded out rather than up and stuck to the pan even though it was well buttered, so absolutely no discernible ridges. Did not make glaze, they were sweet enough and not lemony enough without the glaze. I'm afraid to try any other recipes from the book because it seemed to follow the same basic formula. Good thing this is a library book, it is going right back. I got suckered in by the pretty pictures.

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Lemon poppy seed madeleines

  • lkgrover on March 03, 2017

    They tasted good, like a miniature lemon poppyseed cake. I buttered the pans (brushed on melted butter with a pastry brush), and they did not stick. The scalloped ridges looked like all of my other madeleine baking, although the ridges were less discernible after applying the lemon glaze. However, the center of the madeleines sunk in during baking, rather than puffing out. Fortunately the icing is on the other (ridged) side! I took them to a church potluck -- and there were no leftovers.

• Orangey cranberry madeleines

  • lkgrover on November 30, 2019

    Lovely madeleines with winter/Christmas flavors. Makes 19-20 regular-size madeleines, not 16 as the recipe states.

• Baking Bites

  The recipes are clearly written and easy to follow...The basic technique is similar for most of the recipes, so once you have made a couple of batches, the rest should be even easier to master.

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