Honey Almond Madeleine

Adapted from www.not-thekitchensink.blogspot.com

This Madeleine are very lemony and soft but a little too sweet for me. My girls love them and said their nice and delicious.

Ingredients:
1/2 tsp Lemon zest
60 gm sugar (too sweet, next time use 40-50 gm instead)
2 eggs
20 ml maple syrup or honey
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
80 gm all-purpose flour or cake flour
3 gm baking powder
20 gm ground almond
1/4 tsp salt
100 gm unsalted butter, melted and cooled

Method:

1.   Place butter in a bowl and microwave on low for about 30 seconds or until melted. Let cool to room temperature.
2.   Zest half a lemon.  Set aside.
3.   Medium bowl: sift flour, baking powder and salt. Combine ground Almond together with the flour and set aside.
4.   Large bowl: Rub Lemon zest and sugar together with your fingertips until the sugar is fragrant.
5.   Add in eggs to the mixing bowl and beat until mixture turns light yellow color or until sugar dissolves. Do not overbeat.
6.   Add in maple syrup or honey and vanilla extract. Beat till combined.
7.   Using Spatula - fold in flour mixture into egg-sugar mixture, making sure all the dry ingredients are moistened without any large lumps.
8.   Add in melted butter into the batter and mix until incorporated.
9.   Cover the batter with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or up to 2 days.
10.   When ready to bake, grease and flour the madeleine pans.  Remove your batter from the refrigerator and fill the madeleine pans up to 80%.  (If using silicon mould, no need to grease and flour. The madeleine pops out easily)
11.   Bake them in a preheated oven at 160 degC for about 12-15 minutes.