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Maple Cookies

May 20, 2012 By Spoonful of Sugar - 9 Comments

If you are after some delicious plain cookies for afternoon tea, you can’t go past these Maple Cookies. They have a delicate maple flavour, and are light and crisp on the outside and slightly chewy in the middle. You won’t want to stop at one!
Maple Cookies
 
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Prep time
20 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
30 mins
 
Author: Sarah
Recipe type: Cookies
Cuisine: Baking
Serves: 48
Ingredients
  • 1½ sticks (170 g) butter, melted and cooled slightly
  • 1 cups sugar + ¼ cup for coating cookie balls
  • 1 large egg
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups plain flour
Instructions
  1. Line cookie sheets with baking paper.
  2. In a large bowl, mix melted butter and 1 cup sugar. Add egg, syrup, baking soda, and vanilla. Mix in flour. Stir until well-combined.
  3. Cover mixing bowl, and allow your dough to chill in the fridge for at least an hour, or freeze for 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 deg C (175 deg C)
  4. Pull your bowl out of the fridge. Roll your dough into 1-1/2 inch balls with your palms.
  5. Fill a small bowl with remaining ½ cup sugar. Roll each ball in the sugar to coat.
  6. Line cookie sheet with baking paper. Place cookie balls at least 2 inches apart on your cookie sheet. Press down with the back of a spoon.
  7. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown.
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Adapted from Just Putzing Around the Kitchen. They are especially wonderful just warm from the oven.

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Comments

  1. herzlichgern.de says

    May 20, 2012 at 3:19 am

    if i can’t stop at one, i am NOT making them!!!!!!
    Just kidding! i will try an i will stop at 2!
    Thank you for the recipe! (still no news from the ice blue thing :O)
    Love from Germany
    Claudi

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  2. Ashleigh says

    May 20, 2012 at 3:49 am

    Oh yum perfect with an afternoon cuppa. Will be trying these!

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  3. Linda says

    May 20, 2012 at 3:52 am

    They look delicious Lisa & Sarah.

    Reply
  4. Samira says

    May 20, 2012 at 6:22 am

    hi,
    I’m following your blog, you can follow me too?
    kisses
    sa
    lamourmonage.blogspot.com

    Reply
  5. Indigo Blue says

    May 20, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    Those cookies look very yummy!!
    I love the cake/cupcake cases too. No seen them that shape before.

    Reply
  6. Jill says

    May 20, 2012 at 4:30 pm

    Mm they look tasty! I don’t have maple syrup – but I might try them with golden syrup – hope they turn out as yummy looking!!

    Reply
  7. Anonymous says

    May 23, 2012 at 7:50 pm

    How many eggs? These sound yummy and simple and I want to try them, but because you refer to eggs (and just list 1 large eggs) I am unsure…. Thanks! Becky C.

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  8. Laurie-Jane says

    May 27, 2012 at 8:08 am

    Thank you for the recipe I made them and they were a hit with my family. You certainly do get a good amount out of the mix.

    Reply
  9. Shirley says

    June 4, 2012 at 7:35 pm

    They were delicious! One question though: there’s a slight bitter aftertaste and my mother-in-law suggested maybe there’s a bit too much baking soda in the recipe and that’s causing the bitterness? Would the cookies still rise properly with 1 tsp of baking soda?

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