Fuzz had a day off from school yesterday, so I used it as an excuse to pull out the old Madeleine pan and make Cornbread Madeleines. They're a fun, light, twist on my usual slightly sweet yellow cornbread.
Have you noticed Madeleines are showing up everywhere? My latest spotting was at Walgreen's drugstore. Maybe it's fallout from the macaron craze or maybe people just like the simplicity of a Madeleine, but if you've ever been slightly interested in buying a Madeleine pan, now's a good time. I bought mine off Cooking.com and it's okay, but since I'm using the pan more than anticipated, I wish I'd bought this Chicago Metallic 26631 12-Cup Nonstick Madeleine Pan
Anyhow, I've discovered my friends love Madeleines, so I decided to go the savory route and make some with cornbread batter. If you're more interested in the vegetarian chili, it's from Epicurious and it's terrific. I did add about half a bag of Morningstar Farms Recipe Crumbles for extra protein and texture, but amazingly enough I was able to stick pretty close to the recipe without any other changes. Considering it's chili, that's almost a miracle.
Recipe
Cornbread Madeleines
Ingredients
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons cornmeal (56 grams)
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons flour (48 grams)
- 2 tablespoons sugar (25 grams)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup plus 3 tablespoons buttermilk
- 1 large egg lightly beaten
- 4 tablespoons unsalted or salted butter, melted (60 grams)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Rub a Madeleine pan generously with butter or shortening.
- In a medium size mixing bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Make a hole in the center of the dry mixture and add the buttermilk, and egg. Whisk those two things together, then pour in the butter and mix everything together until you have a uniform batter.
- Spoon about a heaping tablespoon of batter into each mold. They should be about ⅔ full. Bake until the center is firm and a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 10-12 minutes. Let cool slightly then pop the Madeleines from the pan. Makes 18 or 19, but that will probably vary depending on the size of your Madeleine molds and how you divide the batter.
Mackenzie@The Caramel Cookie
Glad to know I can make cornbread in my madeleine pan!
Louise
Seeing something in Walgreens makes me think "As Seen on TV". 🙂 I love chili and cornbread.
Carol
Oh, do I love chili with cornbread. I have already made some a couple of times in the last month. I even have a recipe for cornmeal dumplings in chili. I am not really crazy about the chili recipe, but the dumblings are great. I have been wanting to make some Madeleine cookies for a couple of years now. I guess I had better get a pan.
Lisa Huff @ Snappy Gourmet
Great timing! My neighbor keeps asking me to make him some kind of cornbread!