Do you make madeleines at home in the US ?

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GreenAsparagus100@reddit

Yes I do! I love madeleines so much that I purchased several baking pans.

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bass679@reddit

My wife does. Not often but once or twice per year for holidays or if she gets a hankering for them.

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totesmadoge@reddit

I do! Having them fresh out of the oven when the edges are still crispy is a whole different experience than the packaged ones. I made some with orange zest and thyme brown butter that were amazing.

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Redbubble89@reddit

I have to look up what those are. No. There are French bakeries and maybe someone who likes to bake tries too.

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Hot_Aside_4637@reddit

You can get them at Trader Joe's, but I haven't tried them.

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frisky_husky@reddit

I think only people who are into Proust do that

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shelwood46@reddit

No, but I bought a box of them at the Dollarama when i was in Canada. American dollar stores do not have them.

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TehLoneWanderer101@reddit

I tried once. Didn't go great. I need to try again. I love madeleines.

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Embarrassed-Cause250@reddit

No, I get mine from Starbucks, they are the best!

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einsteinGO@reddit

No, but I imagine myself doing it lol

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mayonnaisejane@reddit

No. I can get them in a box at the supermarket.

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Cerulean_IsFancyBlue@reddit

Remember when you were a kid and you used to have that little cake, and you dissolved pieces of it in tea on your teaspoon? Here, try one bite. You’ll remember it. You’ll remember everything.

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Ok_Salamander6797@reddit

I grew up in rural Iowa, there is a zero percent chance this happened in my childhood

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Cerulean_IsFancyBlue@reddit

That’s fair. I was recreating the essence of the opening of a famous novel that involved a madeline.

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Blue387@reddit

Small oval French pastry, how are people not familiar with these? You can get them in supermarkets. I have a small French influenced bakery about 10 blocks from my apartment.

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OldJames47@reddit

I just googled them.

In my 40+ years living in New York, California, and Texas I think I’ve only had them once, and never seen them in a grocery store.

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Acceptable_Tea3608@reddit

Trader Joe's sells them in a small package.

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Blue387@reddit

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Entenmann-s-Ultimate-Madeleines-Cakes-10-oz-Butter-Mini-Cookies-Container/21128407

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OldJames47@reddit

Not available for sale in any of the Walmarts near my previous addresses.

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LiqdPT@reddit

"How are people not familiar..?" says the guy living in the densest most curtural diverse city in the US.

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WhatABeautifulMess@reddit

There’s thousands of styles of cookies you can buy in most supermarkets so that’s not really a good metric. There’s a million products in my regular store I’ve never looked at, much less eaten.

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Ok_Salamander6797@reddit

Probably because I live in the Midwest nor do I enjoy pastries, just don't have that sweet tooth

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Acceptable_Tea3608@reddit

They much more like cake, although the size of a cookie, and they're not very sweet at all. The way plain pound cake is flavored.

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Overall_Occasion_175@reddit

They're not that common here. They do have them at Starbucks but they're easy to miss.

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MikeExMachina@reddit

Well see when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much.....oh the pastry....nevermind

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Exootil93200@reddit (OP)

t’s a small shell shaped cake made with eggs flour baking powder and butter

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holymacaroley@reddit

No. Not sure I've even had one. They aren't everyday common here.

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Weightmonster@reddit

I don’t. I’m sure some people do.

You can get find them at large grocery stores or french bakeries.

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Khajiit_Has_Upvotes@reddit

My mom makes them occasionally. She also makes macaron occasionally. There is nothing french in my family tree, she just likes them.

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guacasloth64@reddit

Me and my mom made some in middle school for a school project/event where each student brings a dish from a different country. Were it not for that one time I probably wouldn’t know what they are.

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qu33nof5pad35@reddit

No… only time I ever had them was when my roommate in culinary school made them for an assignment. Haven’t had them since.

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Merkkin@reddit

No, just because my grocery store makes them daily and are cheap.

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Crazy-Squash9008@reddit

I do. But baking French pastries is a hobby of mine. I collect the specialty molds and pans. Most people do not.

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No-Lunch4249@reddit

Most people probably not. I would guess the vast majority of people who consume them on an even semi-regular basis are getting them from the store

They are tasty af

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tsukiii@reddit

I agree that the pan is a factor. The ingredients are all things we keep on hand (flour, butter, eggs, sugar) but buying the specialty pan is that extra step that makes them a lot less practical.

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JesusStarbox@reddit

My local library let's you check out baking pans like that.

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ragdoll1022@reddit

I have 5 or 6 Madeline pans, I make them several times a year.

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Equivalent_Working73@reddit

I do. But I’m French so it’s really out of necessity. Because quite frankly, the madeleines you find at the grocery store are utter garbage. Same with crepes.

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OogaSplat@reddit

I'd wager most Americans haven't even heard of madeleines.

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Madeline like the cookie? I mean there's 350 million of us, I'm sure someone out there does. But I don't know anyone that does. It seems like you would need a special type of pan, and I wouldn't even know where to buy one. If I needed some for some reason (don't know why I would, they're not terribly popular here) I would buy some at Walmart or go to a French bakery if there was one near me.

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Traditional_Trust418@reddit

Never heard of them. Isn't it a name? My first thought was someone spelled Madeline wrong

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Current_Mongoose_844@reddit

I haven't, but that sounds like fun

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Savings_Pipe_8029@reddit

No

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SooMuchTooMuch@reddit

Both I and my teen daughter make them. We have two pans. We're still working on the recipe to get them to come out right

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ladybugseattle@reddit

Use Julia Child's recipe for the one's with the hunchback. The batter is the consistency of peanut butter.

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LaLechuzaVerde@reddit

I’ve never even had a real madeleine.

I have had a prepackaged gluten free madeleine shaped thing before, but it tasted like basically a basic oddly shaped cupcake. I choose to believe that it’s because, like all packaged gluten free imitation foods, it was a very poor imitation of the real thing. Other people were like yay, a gluten free madeleine, so I wanted to try it, but surely there must be something more special about it than the shape, right? Since I have no idea what a real one tastes like, and never will, I don’t know how badly it missed the mark. I only know I would not bother buying them again. Waist of calories.

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Accomplished_Cell768@reddit

Honestly madelines are one of those pastries that you really do have to have fresh out of the oven. The texture is completely different than a store or bakery bought one. I make them from scratch a few times a year, but I would never buy a prepackaged one. When they sit they end up sort of dry and almost gritty and lose the citrus flavor, while fresh ones are extremely light and moist, almost like an angel food cake.

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Nothingmuch2@reddit

I’m not even sure what a madeleine is.

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Nellrose0505@reddit

Not anyone that I've seen, but I've seen the molds in the cooking sections of some stores, so I assume some people do.

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Heeler_Haven@reddit

Ooh, which stores?

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Accomplished_Cell768@reddit

Honestly check thrift stores. I regularly see them for like $2 and they often still have the original packaging.

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Nellrose0505@reddit

I'm pretty sure I've seen them at Hobby Lobby. And there was a cooking store at a nearby outlet mall I saw them at, no idea what the name of the store was.

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Accomplished_Cell768@reddit

I do, but I went through a French baking phase during lockdown. They really aren’t very complicated, but you do have to buy the special pans. I regularly find them at thrift stores in pristine condition, so I assume people buy them, make them once (if that), then it sits in the back of their cabinets until they eventually decide to donate them. I don’t know of anyone else who makes them.

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Rays-R-Us@reddit

Madeleine’s what?

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Hot-Freedom-1044@reddit

I have but only once and it’s been years. I am not sure if I still have the special pan.

I find that with some baked goods - krumkaker, ma’amoup - they require special tools or molds. As much as I’d like to make them, I don’t want to buy the tools as my space is limited.

I’m guessing many Americans like me feel similarly about madeleines. If they’re familiar, they might appreciate them, but if there’s no cultural tie, they’re less likely to make them.

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Adorable-East-2276@reddit

Surely you must know the answer already

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el_butt@reddit

There’s no need to call him Shirley

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saltedkumihimo@reddit

They’re just asking because in TheirCountry the women wake early to create fresh Madelines for their hard working karma farming men.

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Quirky-Invite7664@reddit

Lololol

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Tandom@reddit

I’ve seen them in bakeries, but I don’t know anybody that makes them at home

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maccrogenoff@reddit

Yes.

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HeyPurityItsMeAgain@reddit

They're not that popular. Macrons are a thousand times more popular. I bake, but I don't make either. You can buy the special pans easily enough.

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GardenWitchMom@reddit

Nope. I buy them at Costco.

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quietly_annoying@reddit

I do!

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macrocosm93@reddit

Don't even know what that is

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leeloocal@reddit

I’ve made them before, and they’re pretty easy. However, I lived in France and they’re one of my favorite cookies.

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mustbethedragon@reddit

I don't even know what they are.

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No_Salad_8766@reddit

Never heard of it before.

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BookLuvr7@reddit

I've wanted to, but they need a special pan to shape them.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

I’ve never seen it done

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Remote-Wafer3321@reddit

I was lucky enough to grow up eating my mom's madeleines pretty regularly as she was an avid baker! She would make them for our whole class every year, for holidays, and just because. I helped her make them every time but have yet to make them on my own as I've had limited space and haven't purchased the pans for myself.

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PickleMundane6514@reddit

I bought the pan, kept it for a few years then donated it when I realized that I never had.

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rawbface@reddit

No but I have made macarons which are a bit harder to make.

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GreatRecipeCollctr29@reddit

Sometimes I do. It was better to make on my own too.

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Great_Chipmunk4357@reddit

When we read « Du côté de chez Swann » our teachers had to explain what a madeleine was. Do they make cornbread at home in your country?

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Dusty_Old_McCormick@reddit

Occasionally, yes. We just don't bake too often because we don't need a bunch of sweets sitting around tempting us all the time. I'd say we make them two or three times a year.

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PBRStreetgang1979@reddit

Yes. I own some pans and love them but don't bake them frequently. Not that I've ever met a madeleine I haven't enjoyed (especially the ones they offer at Balthazar bakery in NYC) but they're definitely better fresh out of the oven. And I also find that making the batter a day in advance and letting it rest in the refrigerator overnight, before piping into the pan before baking, makes for a better madeleine.

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hematocritman@reddit

I have one friend that does, but he’s sort of insane. This is not a thing anybody does unless they are a very very good baker with a lot of time on their hands.

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AlexisRosesHands@reddit

Are you thinking of macarons? Madeleines use a fairly standard cake recipe, it just requires madeleine tins. Macarons are complicated.

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hematocritman@reddit

Macarons too, but the only people I know who make madeleines have the tins because they bake so many other things too. Somebody who’s not as dedicated would just choose a different thing to make.

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therealgookachu@reddit

No. I don’t like baked goods, in general.

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DineenMattingly@reddit

I liked Madeline Kahn in Clue. Other than that I have no knowledge of madelines.

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cjbanning@reddit

I also know about the redheaded French girl from the children's books (and about some of Kahn's other roles besides Clue). But that's it.

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hematocritman@reddit

She also did a great version of (Not) Getting Married Today from Company.

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OneNerdyLesbian@reddit

I've never made them. I enjoy baking, but madeleines require a special pan, which is a bit of a barrier. If I bought the pan, I'd feel like I'd have to make madeleines regularly to justify buying it, and I'm not invested enough for that, especially when there are so many other things I can bake.

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Relative_Sun8677@reddit

No. And the pans are somewhat hard to find, they aren't a common household item.

The closest thing we make to Madeleines at home are muffins, either from scratch or from a mix. The pans are easily found anywhere bakeware is sold, even grocery stores and dollar stores. People who do any baking at all usually own a muffin pan.

Back in the 80's ( or 90's?) there used to even be muffin top baking pans so that you could make just the delicious crispy edged tops without having to suffer through eating the pesky soft bottoms 😄.

For those outside of the US who may not be familiar with muffins, they, whether fresh baked or prepackaged mass produced, are super common as a breakfast food, or a breaktime sweet snack.They are at grocery stores, restaurants and cafes, bakeries, coffee shops, gas station stores, etc.

Soft and moist, muffins are cupcake-like, but without the frosting. Unlike Madeleines though, muffins come in anything but plain flavor. Blueberry, lemon, poppyseed, bran, banana nut, chocolate, chocolate chip, are some common flavors.

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AwesomeOrca@reddit

My grandma used to make them at home for Christmas, Easter, and other special occasions. I think my cousin inherited the molds, but it’s probably been about 15 years since anyone in the family has made them at home. I’ll buy a bag of the chocolate or hazelnut filled ones from the store when we’re entertaining, but it’s not something we have very often.

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Acceptable_Tea3608@reddit

I have never seen a filled Madeleine. They are great on their own.

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Constellation-88@reddit

I get them at Starbucks because I cannot bake well.

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Apocalyptic0n3@reddit

I wasn't even sure what they were before googling it. I'm sure I've had them at some point, but I've certainly never made them. I have no doubt people make them at home, but I've never seen it.

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Quirky-Invite7664@reddit

They’re delicious. I occasionally get them if I see them in a bakery. Considered making them myself, then decided I don’t feel like it. I weighed my love of madeleines against my love of free time and free time won out.

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pikkdogs@reddit

No idea what those are.

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Vachic09@reddit

No

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Kristylane@reddit

I make them. I wouldn’t say all the time but maybe about six times a year.

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Awdayshus@reddit

No. The majority of madeleines I have eaten came from Costco. I've never had a Costco membership, but apparently a tub of madeleines is a popular item in their bakery.

I like to have mine with tea. I always spill some tea into the saucer and dip my madeleines in it. It reminds me of summers with my grandmother in the country. Or maybe it just reminds me of reading Proust.

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TipsyBaker_@reddit

Could i? Yes. Do i? No. We don't eat them in my household enough to bother storing the extra equipment

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Adorable-Award-2975@reddit

I make them every now and then, but I don’t think making them at home is very common at all. Lots of Americans bake at home, but it’s not really one of the more commonly made things.

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Responsible-Care-388@reddit

My daughter is named Madeline so i guess my wife and i “made” her at home if you catch my drift

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husky_whisperer@reddit

We haven’t decided on a name yet but….

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Zizi_Tennenbaum@reddit

I do, but only if I have several friends over because they’re best right out of the pan.

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Ok-Race-1677@reddit

Do French people make Big Macs at home in France?

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Exootil93200@reddit (OP)

we make croque monsieur

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AlexisRosesHands@reddit

Yes, but not often.

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DogsBikesAndMovies@reddit

No. But there are tons of French foods we enjoy. Coq au vin is one of my favorites, and I will murder a mofo if they try to take my creme brulee.

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boneh3ad@reddit

I'd bet that 90+% of the people in the US don't even know what a madeleine is.

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Meilingcrusader@reddit

No, I do like buying them though bc they go great with coffee

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Informal-Cobbler-546@reddit

Not unless you’re super into baking. They’re just not a pastry that people make here. I’ve only ever seen them for sale at Costco or Starbucks.

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Quix66@reddit

Highly unlikely.

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cargonzabeans@reddit

We make lots of things. Why would we not make madeleines?

The last time I had them was at a catered event at my university last year.

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OkPerformance2221@reddit

Yes. I haven't in a while, but when my kids were younger, they wanted to take madeleines in their lunch boxes every day. I made madeleines two to three times per week.

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allaboutaphie@reddit

I was going with dandelions ( the weed I would give my mom a bouquet of) those are great lol

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voirreyirving@reddit

not typically. the only pastry specific pan in most US homes is a cupcake tray, and i would say most of us have made cupcakes/muffins.

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Heeler_Haven@reddit

No, but I want to. I do make my own choices, and puff pastry is on my list to conquer....

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Durham1988@reddit

For me those are in the category with French bread and croissants as things best left to bakers, but they sell the molds so somebody must make them at home.

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Comprehensive-Tea-69@reddit

It’s not a common thing to have a home, more like a treat we might pick up at a bakery occasionally. We’re more likely to make things like biscuits at home for breakfast

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Meowmeowmeow31@reddit

Buying and storing a special pan just for one type of pastry isn’t worth it for most home bakers.

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NegotiationStatus727@reddit

Muffins are more likely. Very similar in texture and Americans would have the pan at home.

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jsmeeker@reddit

I have a few times because I was gifted a Madeleines pan for Christmas many years ago. But it's been a while. Maybe I should correct that soon!

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stalagit68@reddit

Yes, and meringues (spelling?) as well.

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Springlette13@reddit

I made them for French class once in middle school. Once was enough. If I really want some I’ll buy them.

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TheBimpo@reddit

People that are really into baking might, but they're not a very popular item...like chocolate chip or peanut butter cookies or brownies. Kind of a niche thing.

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LHCThor@reddit

I don’t know what that is?

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macoafi@reddit

I think making pastry at home is fairly uncommon.

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mulberry_sellers@reddit

Nope. I honestly don't know anyone who has even tried, and I know a good few gifted home bakers.

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Sad_Construction_668@reddit

I have, my ex wife got obsessed with them in the 90’s.

I like them, but I haven’t had one in 20 years

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WarrenMulaney@reddit

Me? No.

Some other people?

Maybe

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Ok_Orchid1004@reddit

Nope

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CycadelicSparkles@reddit

I'm sure someone in the US makes almost anything you can think of at home.

Our home cooking varies a lot.

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oliviamrow@reddit

People who are pastry enthusiasts surely do, but it's not a homemade staple here, no.

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PinchedTazerZ0@reddit

Not at home but it's one of the easy production baking things I do for my event catering and café spot

I think I made them a couple Christmases ago and passed them out with like 5 other baked goods but I decided that was a stupid venture. Neighbors were appreciative but fuck em I'm not doing that every year

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