Soft Maple Sugar Cookies! That’s right, this recipe combines two of the best things ever for an original treat.
It has been way too long since I offered up a maple-flavored treat. These are so good, they make up for that lapse in a major way.
These are soft, chewy cookies. Maple flavor is built into the dough, and the drizzle of glaze adds a touch more.
I wish I could say how long these cookies will keep, but I don’t know. They stayed delicious for at least one full day, then they went to my husband’s work and were goooooooone.
You’ll have to bake them yourself and see how long they last!
Bready or Not Original: Soft Maple Sugar Cookies
These cookies combine classic chewy sugar cookies with lovely maple flavor. Recipe makes about 57 cookies using a teaspoon scoop.
Servings: 57 cookies
Equipment
- teaspoon scoop
- parchment paper
Ingredients
Dough
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened 1 stick
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon maple flavor
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
Glaze
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter half stick
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar plus more is needed for thickness
- 1/4 cup half & half or milk
- 3 Tablespoons maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 300-degrees. In a large bowl, beat together butter and shortening. Add both sugars, maple syrup, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt. Beat for about 2 minutes, scraping bottle of bowl often. Add egg yolks one at a time, followed by vanilla extract and maple flavor. Mix in flour until just combined.
- Use a scoop or spoon to dollop dough onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet, spacing out to account for spread. Bake for 11 to 16 minutes. Let set on cookie sheet for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack to completely cool.
- Once all cookies are baked and cooled, move them back to the parchment-covered pan, close together, before mixing glaze.
- In a small bowl, melt butter in microwave. Add the confectioners' sugar to bowl, followed by half & half and maple syrup. Stir. Add more sugar, if needed, to form a thick consistency. Drizzle all over cookies. Let set for 30 minutes to 1 hour before moving to sealed containers.
