Maple Butter Cookies Recipes

MAPLE BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in maple syrup and egg yolk.
• Combine salt and flour; fold into butter mixture.
• Chill dough, wrapped well in plastic wrap, until firm; about 2 hours or overnight.
• Dough may be made 4 days ahead and kept chilled.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Divide dough in half; place remainder back in refrigerator.
• Lightly flour work surface, and quickly roll out to 1/8-inch thickness.
• Cut out cookies with floured cutters; reroll any cut any scraps.
• Repeat process with second batch of dough.
• (If using maple leaf cutters, mark cookies decoratively with back of knife.).
• Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes until golden.
• While cookies are cooling, combine ingredients for glaze.
• When cookies have completely cooled, dip into glaze, and allow to dry on wire racks.
• Cookies keep in airtight containers 1 week.

VERMONT MAPLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and maple flavoring. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in baking chips and pecans., Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. , For glaze, in a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Remove from heat. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, syrup and maple flavoring until smooth., Drizzle over cookies; let dry completely. Store between pieces of waxed paper in airtight containers.

MAPLE LEAF BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a standing electric mixer cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy and beat in maple syrup and egg yolk until mixture is combined well. Sift together salt and flour over mixture and fold in thoroughly. Chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, about 2 hours. Dough may be made 4 days ahead and chilled.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Divide dough in half. Keeping one half chilled, lightly flour other half and on a lightly floured surface gently pound with a rolling pin to soften. Roll out dough 1/8 inch thick and with a 3-inch floured maple-leaf cookie cutter cut out cookies, chilling scraps. Arrange cookies on buttered baking sheets and if desired, with back of a knife, mark cookies decoratively. Make more cookies in same manner with remaining dough and with all the scraps pressed together.
• Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until edges are golden, about 12 minutes, and transfer to racks to cool. Cookies keep in airtight containers 1 week.