Customer Reviews

Lekue Silicone Mini Madeleine Pan

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The mini madeleine pan is so easy to clean, and the cookies never stick! the only drawback to the pan is that you have to fill each individual mold one by one...very time consuming. If you place the silicone pan on a regular cookie sheet, the bellies of the madeleines will be slightly browned, making for less attractive cookies. Make sure to leave a little room in each mold (don't fill it up to the brim) to allow for expansion of the batter.

Both the previous reviewers mentioned the uneven browning which results when baking madeleines in this pan on a metal cookie sheet. One thing I've done is invert another piece of silicone bakeware (a mini muffin pan works well) on the cookie sheet, then place the madeleine pan on top of that (if available, a silpat sheet in between gives an extra layer of stability). Easy to get in and out of the oven, and no direct contact with the metal sheet!

I bought this in 08/2008 for $12.99 through amazon and love this silicon mold. I made madeleine for the first time and it came out great. I didn't butter or coat the mold with anything to prevent it from sticking and it came out so easily that it slides out by itself. A few that are stuck in the mold just needs a push from the outside of the mold and it comes right out. I baked the madeleines with a williams-sonoma baking sheet under it and the only complaint is that the bottom of the cookie in the middle has a small little round area that is more golden brown than the rest. It's not a big deal for me because I'm not serving it to food critics and I'm too lazy to hold the silicon awkwardly in the oven without the baking sheet. You must fill the mold 3/4 full if you don't want it to over flow. The madeleine size is about a half U.S. dollar coin.

it is very small and difficult to load the mixture.Better purchase the bigger one, which is easier to work with.