They use a lot of butter and they go well with coffee. Yes. (Both Wikipedia [1] and the Joy of Cooking consider them cakes rather than cookies.) [1] https://en

They use a lot of butter and they go well with coffee. Yes. (Both Wikipedia [1] and the Joy of Cooking consider them cakes rather than cookies.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_(cake) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_(cake) [2] Irma Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker. Joy of Cooking (rev. ed.). Scribner. 1997. pp 962-963.