by Lisa Prysock
In the top of a double-boiler (or in a pan set over boiling water,) whisk eggs and sugar until mixture is just warm. Remove from heat and whisk in lemon rind and vanilla. Combine cake flour and baking powder and stir into egg mixture. Strain butter through a chinois or mesh strainer lined with cheesecloth, allowing a small amount of tea leaves to remain in the butter. Stir butter into flour mixture, cover with plastic wrap and let batter sit at room temperature for one hour.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Brush each mold cavity of a madeleine pan with a very thin layer of melted butter and dust with flour; remove excess flour from pan. Fill each shell-shaped cavity with batter, about three-fourths full.
Bake cookies until the edges are very light brown and the centers rise, about 10-12 minutes. Remove pan from the oven and invert cookies on wire rack to cool.
Tea Glaze
INGREDIENTS
1 ½ cups confectioner’s sugar
1 cup of brewed Irish Breakfast Tea (allow tea to steep about 5-7 minutes)
1 teaspoon vanilla
INSTRUCTIONS
Add vanilla and 2-3 tablespoons of tea to confectioner’s sugar, more or less as needed, and blend to make a smooth glaze of pouring consistency. Place a piece of waxed paper under wire rack. Drizzle glaze over cookies, allowing glaze to run off onto waxed paper. Let glaze set. Cookies are delicious warm or cool completely and store in an airtight container. Unglazed madeleines can be frozen. This recipe is adapted from my favorite basic Madeleine recipe from Cooking A to Z, The California Culinary Institute.
Swiss Apple Cherry Pie
I found this pioneer recipe while doing my pioneer research and many pioneer recipes which have been preserved at the following link:
https://homesteading.com/pioneer-recipes/
Here’s what this recipe states:
Swiss were among the pioneers of the 1800s who went on the Oregon Trail. They brought with them pioneer dessert recipes including this Swiss apple cherry pie.
WHAT TO DO:
1-Prepare 4 large cooking apples and slice them thinly
2-Make double-crust pie pastry
3-Melt 6 tablespoons of butter and brush the bottom of the pastry shell with it
4-Lay apple slices on the pastry shell
5-Mix a cup of sugar, 2 tablespoons of flour and ground cinnamon each, and half a teaspoon of grated nutmeg
6-Sprinkle some of the dry ingredients over the first layer of apples
7-Take fresh or canned cherries and make another layer with them
8-Sprinkle with the dry ingredients
9-Continue layering and top with the melted butter
10-Add top crust and rub it with evaporated milk
11-Bake for 30 to 40 minutes at 425 F
Footnotes
¹https://www.nps.gov/oreg/learn/historyculture/history2.htm
The quotes about the Whitmans who were some of the first missionaries and early American pioneers to make the journey along the Oregon Trail come from the National Park Service website at the above link with many thanks.
About the Author
Lisa M. Prysock is an award-winning, bestselling, Christian and inspirational author of more than 12 novels. She was born in Minnesota; raised in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ohio as a child; and as an adult, has lived in Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, Ohio again, and Florida, before settling in beautiful, rural Kentucky near many horse farms in the countryside bordering Louisville. She and her husband of more than 20 years chose to make their home in Kentucky where the rich heritage, scenic area, local culture and history, along with her faith, are a constant source of inspiration for many of Lisa’s novels. Together, they have five children, grown.
Lisa writes in the genres of both Historical Christian Romance and Contemporary Christian Romance novels, including a multi-author Western Christian Romance series, “Whispers in Wyoming.” She is also the author of a devotional. She enjoys sharing her faith through her writing.
She has many interests, but a few of these include gardening, cooking, sketching, arts and crafts, sewing, crochet, cross stitch, scrapbooking, reading, swimming, walking, dollhouses, cats, horses, and butterflies. She likes hats, boots, flip-flops, espadrilles, chocolate, coffee, tea, chocolate, the colors peach and purple, and everything old-fashioned. She adopted the slogan of “The Old-Fashioned Everything Girl” because of her love for classic, traditional, and old-fashioned everything. When she isn’t writing, she can sometimes be found teaching herself piano and violin, but humorously finds the process “a bit slow and painful.” A few of her favorite authors include Jane Austen, Lucy Maude Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, and Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Her debut novel, an Inspirational Regency Romance, To Find a Duchess, released in 2011. She released a two-book Victorian Coming of Age Christian Romance series, “The Victorian Christian Heritage Series,” comprised of Hannah’s Garden: A Turn of the Century Love Story and Abigail’s Melody, shortly after. The series is ideal for young adults but adults of all ages enjoy these clean and wholesome stories. Then she released “The Lydia Collection,” a three book series consisting of books which do not intersect as a collection of Christian Historical Romance novels which can be read in any order and include, The Redemption of Lady Georgiana (Regency Romance), Protecting Miss Jenna (Antebellum Era Romance), and Persecution & Providence (a Mail Order Bride, Jane Austen-ish story from the 1870’s Pioneer Era).
Lisa then released her first devotional, Arise Warrior Princess, a Bible study on the topic of the word arise found throughout the Bible (ideal for a devotional or Bible study group), followed by The Shoemaker, An Old-Fashioned Regency Christmas Story. Geneva: Garden of Joy, (Antebellum Era Romance), Volume 1 of the “Brides of Grace Hill Series,” released next, followed by Dreams of Sweetwater River (Western Contemporary Christian Romance) and Marry Me Katie, books 3 and 7 in the “Whispers in Wyoming” series with authors Danni Roan, Kari Trumbo, Rachel Skatvold, Kit Morgan, Tina Dee, and Caroline Clemmons. Don’t miss her new release, a royal wedding romance, Becoming Princess Olivia. She continues the joy and adventure of sharing her faith through her writing journey. She is a member of ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) and LCW (Louisville Christian Writers). Lisa’s books are clean and wholesome, inspirational, and family oriented. She gives a generous portion of the proceeds to missions.
You can find out more about this author at www.LisaPrysock.com. She shares free recipes, devotionals, author video interviews, giveaways, blog posts, and much more at her author site, including an invitation to sign up for her free newsletter.
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Other Titles By Lisa
To Find a Duchess,
An Inspirational Regency Romance
THE CHRISTIAN VICTORIAN Heritage Series
Hannah’s Garden:
A Turn of the Century Love Story, Vol. 1
Abigail’s Melody, Volume 2
THE LYDIA COLLECTION
The Redemption of Lady Georgiana
Protecting Miss Jenna
Persecution & Providence
ARISE WARRIOR PRINCESS, a Devotional
THE SHOEMAKER,
An Old-Fashioned Regency Christmas Story
GENEVA, Vol.1, Brides of Grace Hill
WHISPERS IN WYOMING, Contemporary Romance
Dreams of Sweetwater River
Marry Me Katie
BECOMING PRINCESS OLIVIA