Meringue Madeleines

Ingredients

3 egg whites
1 pn salt
3/8 c sugar
1/2 ts vanilla extract
3/4 c sifted cake flour
1/2 c sweet butter
12 madeleine shells
400 about

Instructions

spring back when touched lightly. Remove the tray of shells from the oven. Turn the madeleines onto a wire rack, or directly onto a serving platter or into a basket. They should fall right from the tins (use a knife to loosen them if necessary) and are best eaten right away while they are warm from ----