"Our food editors dreamed up this variation on a classic theme for our "all-French" issue, published to coincide with the French republic's Bicentennial celebrations...."
INGREDIENTS
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4 large eggs
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2/3 cup granulated sugar
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1/2 teaspoon almond extract
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1 1/2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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1/2 cup almonds with the skins, toasted lightly, cooled, and ground coarse
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1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
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confectioners' sugar for dusting the madeleines