Breton Little Boats

I hope every children enjoyed to bake the little boats and to eat them too ! The kind of cake is called "madeleines" in France and are very famous. 
To bake them, we use a special pan but you can use some muffins tin, they'll just look not like boats but will still be very yammy ! 




Preparation time : 15 min
Cooking time : 10 min

Ingredients (20 "madeleines" in muffin holes) :
- 200 g butter, melted
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 130 g sugar
- 200 g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 Tsp lemon rind or lemon juice (optional)
- vanilla liquid
- 60 ml milk

Preheat the oven to 180°C

Mix together beaten eggs and sugar. 

         

                             Add flour, vanilla and baking powder.

Make a well in the center and add melted butter (and lemon). Stir until the mixture is well combined. 

Put the madeleine dough in your fridge during 15 minutes.

Lightly grease muffin holes and fill each about half full. 

Bake for 10 minutes or until golden.