Soft Maple Sugar Cookie
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 12-14 minutes
  • Servings: 20 cookies
  • Preparation Time: 30 minutes
  • Cookies:
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. cream of tartar
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  • Icing:
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream or milk
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 3 tbs. pure maple syrup
  • 2 to 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar.
DIRECTIONS
  1. Cookies:
  3. 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
  4. 2. In a large bowl beat butter and shortening with a mixer on medium for 30 seconds. Add the next 6 ingredients (through the salt). Beat on medium for 2 minutes, scraping bowl as needed. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Beat in flour.
  5. 3. Shape dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place 3 inches apart on an un-greased cookie sheet. Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until edges are lightly browned (tops will still look slightly soft).
  6. 4. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Remove; cool on a wire rack. Centers will dip as cookies cool. Drizzle with maple icing.
  8. Icing:
  9. 1. Stir together 1/4 cup heavy cream or milk with 1/4 cup melted butter and 3 tablespoons of pure maple syrup.
  10. 2. Whisk in 2 to 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar to make icing drizzling consistency.