Best Maple Butter Cookies Recipes

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.

SWEDISH BUTTER STRIPS OR MAPLE PECAN STRIPS (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (360° at high altitude).
• In a mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and salt; blend in remaining ingredients.
• Divide dough into 4 equal parts, and shape into 12" rolls.
• Place 3" apart on ungreased cookie sheets, and flatten with a floured fork to 1/4" high.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes or until delicately browned (golden) at the edges.
• Cool for a few minutes and cut with a sharp knife into 1" diagonals.

MAPLE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, beat brown sugar, butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy.
• Add syrup and the egg yolk and beat well.
• Mix in flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder.
• If necessary, refrigerate for 15-30 minutes for easier handling.
• Shape dough into 1" balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• With a fork dipped in sugar, flatten balls with a criss-cross pattern.
• Bake at 350° for 8-12 minutes until golden brown.

PEANUT BUTTER MAPLE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and sugars. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in syrup and vanilla. Combine the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture. Stir in peanut butter chips. , Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325° for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

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.

NO-BAKE MAPLE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a heavy medium size saucepan, combine sugar, milk and syrup.
• Bring to a rolling boil, stirring frequently (important to bring to rolling boil or cookies will not set up).
• Boil for 3 minutes.
• Stir in peanut butter and vanilla.
• Stir in oats.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto waxed paper.
• Cool for 3 to 4 hours, until firm.

MAPLE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, beat brown sugar, butter and peanut butter until fluffy.
• 2. Add maple syrup and egg yolk; beat well.
• 3. Sift dry ingredients and mix well with peanut butter mixture. Refrigerate for 15 to 30 minutes.
• 4. Shape dough into 1 inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 5. With fork dipped in sugar, flatten balls in criss-cross pattern.
• 6. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-12 minutes or until golden brown.

MAPLE BROWN-BUTTER SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Prepare a 9″ square baking dish with parchment paper (or use a Rectangular Tart Mold with Removable Bottom).
• To make the brown butter shortbread:.
• In a small sauce pot heat the butter on medium heat until it boils and the butter turns a light golden color, about 3-5 minutes. Strain the butter into a medium bowl. Add the sugar and flour and mix with a spoon until well incorporated. The dough will be quite loose. Cover and refrigerate for about 10 minutes. If the dough gets too cold just let it sit out until it is soft and pliable again.
• Put into the pan and distribute it evenly; cover in plastic wrap and then you can easily spread with your fingers without the dough sticking to you.
• Bake on a cookie sheet for 20 minutes or until the dough is a nice golden brown. Remove and allow the crust to cool on a rack while you make the maple filling.
• Maple coconut filling:.
• In a sauce pot combine the maple syrup, salt, coconut and vanilla, cook over medium heat until boiling. Continue to cook for about a minute, add the dried and candied fruits if using.
• Pour the coconut mixture over the cooled crust. Bake at 375° for about 15-20 minutes, until the coconut turns golden brown.
• Cool completely before removing from pan. (If you are using the 9″ pan with parchment you will need to cut around the edges with a knife to loosen and invert onto a plate. Peel off the parchment and invert onto a cutting board.).
• Cut into rectangular bars or little squares if you want them to last a few extra minutes!

PEANUT BUTTER MAPLE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and sugars.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Beat in syrup and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda and salt; graduallly add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
• Stir in peanut butter chips.
• Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls 2" apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 325* F for 15-18 minutes or until LIGHT golden brown. Be very careful and do not overcook.
• Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks.