Madeleines
¹⁄₂ lb. butter
14 ozs. flour
1 lb. powdered sugar
6 eggs
1 dessert-spoon orange flower water
Melt the butter and pour it into a basin. Add to it gradually, beating all the time, the flour and sugar. Beat the yolks and whites separately. Add the yolks first, then the flavouring, and, lastly, the whites. Butter a number of little tin shapes, fill them and bake in a moderate oven.