The Twelve Days of Holiday Treats!
Once again, this year, from December 1st-12th I’ll post a new holiday treat recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining!
The recipes I’m sharing are small-er batch (perfect for this year when many of us will still be attending/ hosting smaller gatherings) – each recipe makes 1-dozen or a few more smaller-sized treats that are simple to prepare and that use everyday ingredients and equipment so hopefully you’ll be able to whip up any of these on a whim. Check out the treats from 2019 and 2020 at the bottom of this post too for more inspiration!
For today’s instalment of the 12 Days of Holiday Treats, I’m sharing a recipe that works for French Fridays as well!
As you saw in yesterday’s post, orange is a flavour I associate with the holidays and, following the success of my Lemon Madeleines earlier this year, I decided that there needed to be an orange version too!
While this is a quick recipe to prepare, be aware that the batter has an extended rest in the fridge (4ish hours or overnight) so the flavours have a long time to develop. Don’t be tempted to skip this step, your mads will be much better for it! Also, if you’re busy in the kitchen one day, plan to make the batter, pop it in the fridge, get on with some other tasks and then retrieve the batter and bake it later in the day. You can also leave the batter in the fridge overnight.
Wait, what? The batter needs to chill. For 4 hours to overnight?
Yup, it does! I spent a long time experimenting with different methods for making the lemon version of these – starting with the recipe in In the French kitchen with kids where the pan is buttered, floured and frozen for about 30 minutes before it’s filled and the cakes are baked more or less straight away.
For today’s version of the recipe, I’ve found the rest in the fridge helps ensure you get the coveted hump on the top of the cake – my “quick” method will most often produce these but this version seems pretty foolproof.
So are they really easy? Or are you just saying that?
No, they really are! Make the batter early in the day if you want afternoon madeleines. It comes together in a few minutes – the fussiest part is getting the batter into the buttered, floured and chilled pan but a small cookie scoop will help you here. the quick bake time means that if you’ve prepped the batter in advance you can get these baked and served pretty quickly once you decide you want them!
Madeleines with an orange/ clementine twist! As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.Madeleines à la clementine/ Orange madeleines
Ingredients
for the madeleine batter
for the glaze (optional)
Instructions
The day before or morning of baking - prepare the madeleine pan
The day before or morning of baking - prepare the batter
When you’re ready to bake (either later that day or the next day)
Make the glaze and glaze the cakes
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Check out 2021’s 12 Days of Holiday Treats:
Day 1: Speculoos financiers
Day 2: Chocolate Dipped Orange Sugar Cookies
Day 3: Madeleines à la Clémentine
Day 4: Chocolate Hazelnut Thumbprint Cookies
Day 5: Sunbutter and Jam Chocolate Cups
Day 6: Hot Chocolate and Marshmallow Cookies
Day 7: Linzer Cookies
Day 8: Chocolate-Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies
Day 9: Choc-Mint Thumbprint Cookies
Day 10: Pailles (Puff Pastry and Jam Cookies)
Day 11: Strawberry Santa Hats
Day 12: Mulled Wine Jam
Check out 2020’s 12 Days of Holiday Treats:
Day 1: Rice Krispie Wreaths
Day 2: Cranberry Cheesecake Bars
Day 3: Peppermint Bark
Day 4: Orangettes
Day 5: Rocky Road Chocolate Crackle Slice
Day 6: Candy Cane Sugar Cookies
Day 7: Orange Pim’s
Day 8: Mendiants
Day 9: Chewy Chocolate Mint Crackle Cookies
Day 10: Apricot, Coconut and Cranberry “truffles”
Day 11: Chocolate, Cherry and Almond Brownies
Day 12: Peppermint Hot Chocolate
Check out 2019’s 12 Days of Holiday Cookies:
Day 1: Easy Three Ingredient Shortbread
Day 2: Jam Drops
Day 3: Chocolate Caramel Slice
Day 4: Melting Moments
Day 5: White Christmas
Day 6: Langues de Chat
Day 7: Chocolate Coconut Slice
Day 8: Cornflake Biscuits
Day 9: Rocky Road
Day 10: Honey Joys
Day 11: Rum Ball Truffles
Day 12: Giant Florentine Cookie (to share)
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Even if you didn’t like the taste – hardly likely – you gotta love the name.
Yummo…..
Yes, fun name and SO GOOD!