Maple Sugar Cookies

 These maple sugar cookies are extra special. They include maple syrup and vanilla in both the cookies and the icing that you drizzle over the top of the cookies. They are thin, soft, chewy, and delicious. 

This post is part of Christmas Cookies Week. I received product to use for this post. As always, all opinions are my own. 

These sugar cookies have a lovely maple and vanilla flavor an the dough is so easy to pull together. The cookies are soft and chewy, and the maple icing is such a delicious finishing touch. 

There are lots of sugar cookie recipes out there. This one results in soft and chewy cookies. The dough puffs up in the oven and then collapses once you remove the baking sheet to let the cookies cool. You will have a thicker outer edge with a thinner middle. 

The combination of the maple syrup and vanilla in the cookies is outstanding. I use vanilla from one of our Christmas Cookie Week prize sponsors, Adams Extracts. Read more about them in our prize descriptions. 

The icing for these cookies also includes maple syrup and vanilla, which you drizzle over the tops of the cookies. 

I first tried using a spoon to drizzle the icing, but I had a lot of trouble controlling it. I finally filled a pastry bag paired with a piping tip in order to drizzle the icing, which worked. 

P.S. If you love maple, you'll love Maple Syrup Pancake Cookies too! 

How to make Maple Sugar Cookies:

First, beat butter and shortening in the bowl of a stand mixer. 

Next, add granulated and brown sugar, along with maple syrup, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt. 

After that, beat in the egg yolks and vanilla. 

Finally, shape the dough into 1-inch balls and place them on a parchment lined baking sheet. The cookie dough should be about 2 inches apart, or even more. Don't place more than 12 cookie balls on your baking sheet or you will have pretty much a jigzaw puzzle because the cookies will spread together. 

Once the cookies are baked, drizzle them with the maple and vanilla icing. 

This is not a sugar cookie recipe that you roll out, cut with a cookie cutter, and bake. They are soft cookies that will spread while they're baking, puff up, and then collapse when you remove them from the oven, leaving a rim around the edge. 

This is my final Christmas Cookies Week recipe. On Monday, I posted melting snowman cookies and on Wednesday I posted sweet potato pecan cookies. They were both delicious. 

Welcome to Christmas Cookies Week! Check out everyone else's delicious cookies:

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Maple Sugar Cookies

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Yield: 48 cookies

Author: Karen Kerr

These maple sugar cookies are extra special. They include maple syrup and vanilla in both the cookies and the icing that you drizzle over the top of the cookies. They are thin, soft, chewy, and delicious.

Ingredients

For the Cookies

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

For the icing

• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 to 3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 300 degrees F.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer (or a large bowl with a hand mixer), beat the butter and shortening together for about 30 seconds. 
3. Add the sugars, maple syrup, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt. 
4. Once combined, beat in the egg yolks and vanilla. 
5. Beat in the flour. 
6. Form the dough into 1 inch balls and place them two inches apart on parchment lined baking sheets. 
7. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes, until the edges begin to turn golden. Remove from the oven and cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack. 
8. Mix the icing ingredients until it is easy to drizzle. Drizzle the icing over the cooled cookies. 

Calories

115

Fat (grams)

6

Sat. Fat (grams)

3

Carbs (grams)

15

Fiber (grams)

0.00

Net carbs

15

Sugar (grams)

8

Protein (grams)

1

Sodium (milligrams)

170.02

Cholesterol (grams)

21

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