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Chocolate-Orange Madeleine Cookies

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Chocolate-Orange Madeleine Cookies

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by Sarah Shatz

Chocolate-Orange Madeleine Cookies

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by Cordelia

Chocolate-Orange Madeleine Cookies

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by Cordelia

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Chocolate Cookie
    This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Holiday Cookie
  • Jestei's Testing Notes: Friends, this is a most exquisite dessert, especially given the minimal effort here. The orange zest, a real boon ingredient to any baking, I think, and the liquor, which is more than subtle...

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    Cordelia's Notes:

    Love Madeleine cookies, so decided to try a chocolate version for the contest. This are not too sweet and pretty rich. If you like them not as sweet use only 1/2 a cup of sugar.

Makes 18 cookies

  1. Heat the oven to 360 F degrees.

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  2. Put the butter in the mixer bowl and whip on high speed for 2 min.

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  3. Add the sugar and the orange zest, and keep mixing for another minute or so on high speed.

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  4. Add the eggs one by one. Add another one only after the previous one is well mixed.

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  5. Add the salt, vanilla and the grand marnier and mix for a little longer.

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  6. Sift the flour, cocoa powder and the baking powder to a separate bowl. Add to the mixer bowl, while mixing on low speed, in 3 batches. Though every time mix only until the flour is just incorporated, so the dough won't get tough.

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  7. Cut the chocolate to small pieces. Melt the chocolate in the microwave for about 1-1.5 min until it just starts to melt. Mix well to melt all pieces. Cool for few minutes and then incorporate into the dough with a spatula.

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  8. Oil a Madeleine pan and sprinkle a bit of sugar in each indentation (even if you use silicon pan). Put a very full tablespoon of batter in each indentation to just fill it. the dough is pretty sticky, but try to flatten it a bit.

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  9. Bake for 12-15 min, until risen (mostly in the middle) and springy.

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  10. Let it cool for 15 min and take out the cookies and put on a plate with the bottom side (shell-like) up. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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  11. Enjoy.

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2 Comments on Chocolate-Orange Madeleine Cookies

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Orange and chocolate...my favorite combo!! And madeleines have such an illustrious history.

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I'm having lemon varbna tea with it realy realy Good, thank you ********

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