Tuesdays with Dorie: Chai Tea Madeleines
December 5, 2011 at 6:43 pm | Posted in cakes & tortes, cookies & bars, groups, simple cakes, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 8 CommentsThe fourth and final madeleine recipe from the book…you can tell Dorie lives in Paris! The original recipe calls for an Earl Grey tea infusion to give these cookie/cakes flavor, but I usually only have one or two types of tea kicking around my cupboard at a time, and the Earl wasn’t one of them. So I used chai (from a teabag actually…I tore the bag open and sprinkled the bits into my hot butter to infuse; then I put it through a very fine strainer to remove any sediment). I thought the chai spices would be nice with the honey that was already in the ingredient list. I could really taste the tea in here. They were delicious, and I amped up the spicing even more by tossing them in a cardamom sugar while they were still warm. I made big, full-sized madeleines…I didn’t really get the pronounced madeleine bump with these, but they had rounded backsides and great texture and taste, so I guess I don’t mind so much.
For the recipe, see Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan or read Bakeologie. And see Grandma’s Kitchen Table for Honey-Almond Fig Tart, this week’s other recipe (which I unfortunately didn’t get a chance to make this week). Don’t forget to check out the TWD Blogroll!
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They sure do look lovely. I bought a Madeleine pan years ago and after several attempts decided I didn’t really like Madeleine’s after all. Either that or I never found a good recipe. I should try one of Dorie’s.
Comment by Nicole— December 5, 2011 #
Bump or not, your madeleines look perfect! Great idea to use chai tea…such a cozy flavour. Well done! 😀
Comment by Valerie— December 5, 2011 #
Steph – Happy Holidays and let’s get together soon. Which I had a Chai Madeleine on this dreary Tuesday! Nice photo..like your camera? Best, Lauren…check-out-my-work-in-progress blog!
Comment by halftheplate— December 6, 2011 #
I think chai sounds even better than the original! yum
Comment by Spike— December 6, 2011 #
Chai tea is my fav. Im sure it was great in cookies!
Comment by Flourchild— December 7, 2011 #
I really had a hard time choosing between Chai and Earl Grey the Chai seems like it would be a great cookie flavor.
Thanks for baking along with me!
Comment by nicmarsh— December 7, 2011 #
These look delish, and chai is a lovely flavour choice.
Comment by Cakelaw— December 8, 2011 #
These look so good! A Madeleine pan is on my Christmas list, fingers crossed!
Comment by vplant— December 9, 2011 #