MAPLE-NUT COOKIES WITH MAPLE ICING

Maple-Nut Cookies with Maple Icing image

It's all about fall with these maple pecan cookies! They double up on the maple ingredients and are the perfect theme for the season that calls for nothing but flavor. Grab your apron and get baking, because these maple nut cookies will be a fall favorite for sure.

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories Dessert

Time 1h25m

Yield 42

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

3/4 cup pecan halves
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon maple flavor
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon maple flavor

Steps:

Heat oven to 350°F. In 8-inch square pan, bake pecans 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until light brown. Spread nuts on cutting board; cool 5 minutes. Finely chop.
In large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until fluffy. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon maple flavor and the egg until well blended. Stir in flour and chopped toasted pecans.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in granulated sugar.
Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until edges just begin to brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
In small bowl, mix icing ingredients until smooth; drizzle over cookies.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 100, Carbohydrate 10 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Fat 1 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 35 mg, Sugar 5 g, TransFat 0 g