Vermont Maple Cookies
I created this recipe after tasting maple cookies with a maple glaze at a bakery in Stowe, Vermont, some years ago. I get many requests to bring them for bake sales, parties and ski trips. —Delores Day, Wolcott, VT Prep: 20 min.
Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling Makes: 5 dozen
1 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 2 large eggs
1 tsp. maple flavoring
21/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups white baking chips 1 cup chopped pecans
MAPLE GLAZE
1/₃ cup butter, cubed
13/4 cups confectioners’ sugar 1/₃ cup maple syrup 1/4 tsp. maple flavoring
1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. 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.
2. Drop cookie dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
3. For glaze, in a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Remove from heat. Gradually beat in the confectioners’ sugar, syrup and maple flavoring until smooth.
4. Drizzle over cookies; let glaze dry completely. Store between pieces of waxed paper in airtight containers.
1 cookie: 139 cal., 7g fat (4g sat. fat), 18mg chol., 101mg sod., 18g carb. (13g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g pro.