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You Haven't Lived Until You Try These Maple Syrup Cookies

Maple syrup recipes should earn a place in your recipe book right alongside chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies. Learn how to make them.
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Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Servings 30 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 2 and 1/3 cup flour, all purpose
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon maple extract
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • pinch powdered sugar - OPTIONAL
  • pinch sea salt - OPTIONAL
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup
  • 1 cup Confectioners' sugar
  • pinch salt

Instructions
 

  • Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
  • Cream the butter and brown sugar on medium speed in your mixer until smooth. Add egg and beat on high. Add maple syrup, vanilla extract, and maple extract, and beat on high.
  • Add the dry ingredients and mix everything on low speed. Add pecans.
  • Cover and cool mix for at least two hours in your fridge.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Get a few large baking sheets with parchment paper or baking mats, then set aside. Roll cookie dough into balls.
  • Bake for 10 to 15 minutes until lightly brown and remove from oven.
  • Cool the cookies on a wire rack while you melt butter and maple syrup in a saucepan on low heat and whisk together for maple glaze.
  • Remove from heat once the butter has melted down and add your confectioner's sugar.
  • Add salt and drizzle over cookies.
  • Optional - add powdered sugar or sea salt on top.