Chocolate-Orange Madeleine Cookies

https://food52.com/recipes/1198-chocolate-orange-madeleine-cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 stick of unsalted butter
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • zest from 1/2 an orange
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons grand marnier
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons dark cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 oz of good semisweet chocolate (Callebaut for example)
  • pinch salt

Directions

  • 1.

    Heat the oven to 360 F degrees.

  • 2.

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

  • 3.

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

  • 4.

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

  • 5.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 9.

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

  • 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.

  • 11.

    Enjoy.