A childhood friend and his father visited us this weekend, and I wanted to make a special dish for them, so I played around with a few recipes. And I came up with (Dairy-Free) Brownie Madeleines! Shell-shaped brownies that puff up splendidly and look extra good if you sprinkle them with icing sugar.
As it happens, I wasn’t able to make the recipe for my friend as the baby decided to have a growth spurt and wanted to eat and be with mummy all the time, so their loss is my waistline’s gain, as I made the recipe the day after they left. You can make the recipe too – it’s delish! While I use a madeleine tray that I borrowed from my mother (I live in a condo. I don’t have room to buy and store All The Baking Things.), you could easily use a well-greased muffin tray to make two-bite brownies instead of madeleines. Actually, that’s a great idea – someone do that and then let us know in the comments how it was!
Want to make the Brownie Madeleines yourself? Let’s!
Dairy-Free Brownie Madeleines
These cookies are more like a brookie: a brownie-cookie mashup! But they’re 100% delicious!
Ingredients
- 1/2 c. flour
- 1/3 c. cocoa (plus 1 tbsp.)
- 1 tsp. instant coffee
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 egg
- pinch salt
- 1/3 c. soft plant-based margarine
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 c. sugar
Instructions
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Mix all ingredients together.
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Spoon into a well-greased madeleine pan, and bake in a 400 degree oven for 12 minutes or until the top of the brownie madeleines are springy.
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Let cool, sprinkle with icing sugar if you desire, and eat!
I used plant-based margarine in the recipe (a soft version) to make these dairy-free, but you could use melted butter if that’s all you have. And I used 1 tsp. of instant coffee powder to add a richness to the chocolatey taste, but I’ve also made them with 2 tsp. of regular coffee and they’re just as good.
Interested in some other variations? Why not dip them in melted white or dark chocolate? Or perhaps drizzle them with a little icing sugar icing? Mmm…want!
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These look delish. Years ago I wanted to get Madeline pans and make some for French themed loving friends. Never found the pans (second hand only way to go) until years later. Alas, the mood passed to treat my friends. But these, these I could treat myself. 🙂
They’re worth treating yourself to! I first made Madeleines from a Dorie Greenspan recipe, and they were yum! They make such pretty little bites!