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Brown Butter and Coconut Madeleines

February 27, 2013 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 6 Comments

We love Madeleines – the little French sponge cakes with the distinctive shell like shape. They are light, not too sweet, and go perfectly with a cup of tea. Sarah has baked a number of different flavours over the past couple of years (Almond Praline Madeleines and Honey and Vanilla Madeleines). We are looking forward to our trip to Paris in April – wonder what flavours we will discover.

Sarah made up a batch of Brown Butter and Coconut Madeleines over the weekend based on a recipe she found at Citrus and Candy. They are so light and delicious. The brown butter and coconut adds a lovely flavour to the madeleines. 
We packaged them in some cute little cake boxes that we found at Loft in Tokyo. 
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Filed Under: Cookies, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: coconut, macarons

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  1. Cocalores says

    February 27, 2013 at 7:30 am

    I looooove madeleines – they are so good! Your packaging is cute, too.

    When are you going to go to Paris, you lucky gals?

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  2. ElbLuft und Liebe says

    February 27, 2013 at 9:53 am

    Ohh, they look very tasty!
    Many regards
    ANNi

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  3. Quinn says

    February 27, 2013 at 12:13 pm

    Delightful! I can almost taste them!

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  4. Angelina- JoJo & Eloise says

    February 27, 2013 at 4:06 pm

    So Cute and Beautifully displayed. These cookies are so light and as you said PERFECT with a cup of tea. I have never heard of Brown Butter, is that just Butter with Brown Sugar?
    xo
    Angelina

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  5. Angelina- JoJo & Eloise says

    February 27, 2013 at 4:06 pm

    So Cute and Beautifully displayed. These cookies are so light and as you said PERFECT with a cup of tea. I have never heard of Brown Butter, is that just Butter with Brown Sugar?
    xo
    Angelina

    Reply
  6. blueberrykitchen says

    March 3, 2013 at 11:31 am

    Ooh yum, these look gorgeous! I’ve never tried making madeleines before, but now I really want to give them a try!

    Reply

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