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Having known each other for more than 20 years, it was an honour to be invited to the FoodyLadies blog and to join our forces to explore and go forth on edible adventures together.

As a very busy mom (I think we all are!) in a fast paced world that is overwrought with fast food restaurants and quick, easy packaged food options, it is hard not to fall into the pitfalls of convenience. My personal goal is to feed my family real food made from scratch and to include them in the process as much as possible. To show them where their food comes from and to instill an appreciation for healthy tasty homemade meals.

Yesterday morning I was digging through my baking dishes and I came across a Madeline pan that I had purchased at Williams Sonoma years ago. I bought it after I came back from Paris in 2007 thinking I would recreate the gastronomic magic in a cookie. It took me until 2010 to use it (sometimes life just gets in the way). I found a fantastic recipe with a hint of lemon zest and my 3 year old son helped me bake my Parisian magic. However, my daughter, ironically named Madeline, wanted nothing to do with them since they contained no chocolate.

Here is the recipe from Bon Appetit Magazine (Jan 2000) if you would like to try to recreate your own Paris memories.

Madelines-
2 large eggs, 2/3 cup sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/2 tsp grated lemon peel, 1 pinch salt, 1 cup flour, 10 tbsp melted butter, powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 375. Using mixer, beat eggs and sugar until blended. Beat in vanilla, peel and salt. Add flour; beat until blended. Gradually add melted butter in steady stream until combined.
Grease Madeline pan, add batter. Bake until fluffy and brown (10-16 mins). I just kept a steady eye on them. Remove, cool and dust with powdered sugar.

ENJOY! You can see by the picture which cookie the kids liked best.