pas de madeleines.

today, i made madeleines.  the recipe came from a madeleine cookbook i got in france.  oh how disappointed i was.  after i put them in the oven, they all melted.  that's when i realized the recipe, for some reason, called for way too much butter:  20 tablespoons of butter!  anyone that has baked enough knows that a lot of butter means melted pastries.  the butter in recipes determines the spread of the batter and with 20 tbsp, it did spread.  not too mention it prevented the madeleines from cooking thoroughly on the inside.  i'm thinking maybe the recipe didn't call for enough milk, either.  two tablespoons is probably not enough.  so disappointing.  i have to adjust the recipe next time.  oh dear.