[Sca-cooks] OP Modern cookies question

[Antonia Calvo]

Bronwynmgn at aol.com wrote:
> I just started playing with a "Winnie the Pooh Cookie Cookbook" that I have 
> had for years and never made anything out of.  My son is now of an age to 
> really like Pooh so it seemed like a good time to get it out.
>
> Two questions:
> 1.  Some of the cookies are referred to as "madeleines" and are to be baked 
> in "madeleine tins".  What is this device?
>   

Use the force, Luke.  Well, use Google, anyway.
http://www.armorica.co.uk/search.php?x=0&y=0&searchText=madeleine+tins
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/srch/index.cfm?words=madeleine


> 2. Several of the cookies call for finely chopped crystalized ginger.  I've 
> heard it discussed here on the list, but I can't remember if anyone said where 
> you can purchase it - I certainly don't remember seeing it in the spice 
> section at the grocery store.


Dunno-- I guess you'd look wherever they have candied cherries and the like.

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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo 

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