For the chocolate...
1) 1 3/4 cup cake flour
2) 1 1/2 cup sugar
3) 1/3 cup cocoa powder
4) 2 teaspoons vanilla
5) 12 oz. butter cooled
6) 1/2 cup egg yolks
7) 1 cup egg whites
Preparation (for the lemon
cookies):
(Similar preparation for the chocolate cookies)
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2) Melt the butter, being careful not to burn
3) Zest the lemons and extract the juice
4) Mix the zest with the dry ingredients
5) Whip the egg whites to stiff peaks
6) Mix together the juice, butter and yolks
and
add them to the dry
ingredients
7) Fold in the egg whites
8) Pipe the mixture into the madeleine molds
9) Bake for 15 minutes
10) Cool and dust with powdered sugar
Preparation:
1) Preheat oven to 400
degrees
2) Mix the dry ingredients with the butter thoroughly
- until
it looks like sand
3) Add the cream and mix only until it is incorporated
4) Roll the dough to 3/4 of an inch
5) Cut out with a cookie cutter circles and place
on the greased
cookie pan
6) Coat with egg wash and then granulated sugar
7) Bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees
8) Cool and serve with whipped cream and fresh berries
Good Eating!!!