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maple chai spiced madeleines dipped in a maple glaze and sprinkled with crushed pecans

Maple Chai Madeleines

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These soft and delicate Maple Chai Madeleines are perfectly sweet and spiced with two of fall's best flavours!
Course Baking
Cuisine French
Keyword chai, chai spiced, chai spiced madeleines, madeleines, maple, maple extract, maple glaze, maple madeleines
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Servings 18 madeleines

Equipment

  • Madeleine Pans

Ingredients

Maple Chai Madeleines

  • 1/2 cup (114g) Unsalted Butter
  • 3/4 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp Cardamom
  • 1/4 tsp Ground Ginger
  • 1/8 tsp Nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp Cloves
  • 1/8 tsp Allspice
  • 1 scant cup (115g) All Purpose Flour, measuring the flour properly is essential for this recipe (see note below)
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/8 tsp Salt
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 1/2 cup (100g) White Sugar
  • 1 ½ tsp Maple Extract

Maple Glaze

  • 2 cups (240g) Confectioners Sugar
  • 1 ½ tbsp Hot Water
  • 1 ½ tbsp Maple Syrup
  • 1 tsp Maple Extract
  • Crushed Pecans for garnish

Instructions

Maple Chai Madeleines

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare 2 madeleine pans (18 cookies total) by spraying well with baking spray.
  • Add the butter to a small saucepan over medium heat. Melt, then bring to a bubble, and then add in the cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice. Cook for about 30 seconds, then remove from heat and allow the butter to cool to just barely warm.
  • Add the flour, baking powder and salt to a mixing bowl, then whisk to combine. Set aside.
  • Add eggs, sugar, and maple extract to a stand mixer fitted with the whip attachment. Turn the stand mixer on high and whip the mixture for about 8 minutes. When done, the batter should look thick, tripled in volume, and it should ribbon off the attachment.
  • Remove the bowl from the stand mixer, then add the dry ingredients to the bowl. Fold the dry ingredients into the batter until combined.
  • Delicately fold the melted butter into the batter until it is well combined, but the batter isn’t deflated. It may be easiest to do this in 2 steps: scoop some batter into the melted butter and fold together, then pour that into the rest of the batter, and fold until combined again.
  • Using a 3/4 oz cookie scoop, scoop the batter into the prepare madeleine pans, using the cookie scoop to lightly spread the batter into the pan. Place into the freezer for 15 minutes.
  • Remove the pans from the freezer and place into the oven to bake for 11-12 minutes. Remove from oven, allow the madeleines to cool in the pan for 30 minutes, then carefully pop each madeleine out and place onto a wire rack to cool fully.

Maple Glaze

  • Add the confectioners sugar, water, maple syrup and maple extract to a bowl, then whisk until smooth.
  • Dip each cooled madeleine into the glaze and decorate with crushed pecans.

Notes

To measure flour correctly, use a spoon to scoop the flour into the measuring cup, then level off with a straight edge. Do not pack the flour into the cup, or scoop with the measuring cup straight from the bag/container. Alternatively, weigh the flour (1 cup = 120g or 4oz)