VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP COOKIES

VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP COOKIES image

Yield about 4 dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 15

1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp maple extract
1/4 cup Vermont or real maple syrup
4 cups flour ( all-purpose)
2 1/2 tsp baking powder.
1/2 tsp salt
Maple Glaze:
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 cup Vermont or real maple syrup
1 tsp maple extract
1/4 cup unsalted butter

Steps:

In mixing bowl cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla, maple extract and maple syrup. Beat until fluffy. Add dry ingredients and mix until blended. Wrap in plastic and chill for 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough out using confectioners sugar ( not flour) to keep dough from sticking. Cut with a maple shaped cookie cutter. Bake 7 to 9 minutes. Maple Glaze: Add all ingredients into a pan. Stir over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Brush cookies with glaze when they are warm out of the oven. Let the cookies cool.