maple sugar cookies

These maple cookies are swirled with a spiced maple butter and topped with maple icing. They're perfectly soft and buttery in the middle with wrinkly chewy edges! To full your home with the scent of these delicious cookies, check out my Spiced Maple Butter Cookie candle made in collaboration with Siblings! 

Spiced Maple Butter Cookies

(220 grams) unsalted butter, room temp

(205 grams) light brown sugar, packed

(50 grams) granulated sugar

(55 grams) pure maple syrup

tsp vanilla extract

(330 grams) all-purpose flour

tsp baking powder

tsp baking soda

tsp kosher salt

tbsp maple syrup

cinnamon

ginger

nutmeg

⅛ tsp ground cloves

(100 grams) granulated sugar

unsalted butter

(75 grams) powdered sugar

Preheat the oven to 375F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

Slice 1 tablespoon of butter from the 1 cup of room temperature butter and place that tablespoon into a small dish. Place the rest of butter into the mixing bowl of a hand or stand mixer with the paddle attachment.

Measure out 1 cup of light brown sugar and remove 1 tablespoon. Place that tablespoon into the dish of 1 tablespoon of butter and add the remaining brown sugar to the large mixing bowl.

Now add the granulated sugar to the large mixing bowl and mix on medium-high speed until smooth and lightened in color (about 2 minutes of mixing).

Scrape down the bowl and add in the maple syrup, egg, and vanilla. Mix again on medium-high speed for about 1 minute.

Pour in the dry ingredients and mix to combine. Then use a rubber spatula to mix the dough by hand, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure everything is well combined.

Maple Cookies

To the small dish with the 1 tablespoon of butter and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, add the rest of the spiced maple butter ingredients and stir to combine.

Plop small amounts of the butter throughout the cookie dough. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the dough to disperse the butter into ribbons. Careful not to over mix.

Spiced Maple Butter

Using a large 2 oz cookie scoop (or ¼ measuring cup) scoop the dough and roll in a small bowl of the cinnamon sugar.

Place 3-4 cookies on the large baking sheet and bake for 6 minutes.

After 6 minutes, open the oven door and drop the pan against the oven rack about 3 times. Continue to bake for another 2 minutes. After those 2 minutes, repeat the slamming process. Then bake for another 2 minutes, then slam again. Then bake for a final 2 minutes and drop the pan one final time for a total of 12 minutes baking.

Allow the cookies to cool and continue baking the rest of the batch. Once all the cookies have baked, make the icing.

Cinnamon Sugar

Whisk together the melted butter and maple syrup, followed by the powdered sugar. Pour the icing into a piping bag or a sandwich bag and snip off a very tiny corner.

Drizzle over the cooled cookies and enjoy!

Maple Icing

These are the most delicious cookies I have ever made!

This buttery, sweet maple sugar cookies are full of deeply rich maple flavor, and glazed with a creamy buttered maple glaze!

Maple Sugar Cookies

tbsp Unsalted Butter, (at room temperature)

White Sugar

Brown Sugar

tbsp Maple Syrup

tsp Maple Extract

Vanilla

Large Egg, (at room temperature)

Salt

360 g All Purpose Flour, (about 3 cups measured volumetrically)

tbsp Unsalted Butter, (melted)

(360 grams) Confectioners Sugar

2-3 tbsp Heavy Cream, (to desired thickness)

Note: This recipe makes quite a bit of cookies. However the dough freezes extremely well – so feel free to freeze half of the dough for later!

Add the butter, sugars, maple syrup, maple extract and vanilla to a bowl, then beat with a hand mixer until it looks creamy and combined. Add the egg and beat well until it is well-combined with everything else and the batter looks smooth.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour and salt, then add this into the batter. Beat until a crumbly but soft dough forms (it should be soft and slightly sticky, but still manageable). Using your hands, bring together the maple sugar cookie dough then divide the dough in half. Shape each half into a disc shape. Wraps the discs with plastic wrap, then place into the fridge to chill for 2 hours. (Or freeze one for later!)

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Prepare 2 to 4 baking sheets with parchment paper.

Remove the dough from the fridge and allow it to sit on the counter for 5 to 10 minutes to warm slightly. Roll the dough out to be between 1/8” to 1/4” thick, then using a cookie cutter (such as a maple leaf shape), cut our your cookies, then transfer them onto the baking sheets (12 per sheet), then place into the freezer for 20 minutes.

Remove the sheets from the freezer, then bake the maple sugar cookies for about 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are just beginning to turn golden. Allow the sugar cookies to cool to room temperature, then glaze with the maple glaze and top with golden sprinkles.

Add the melted butter, maple syrup, maple extract and vanilla to a bowl and whisk together until well-combined. Add in the confectioners sugar and whisk until combined and smooth. Add in heavy cream until your desired thickness is achieved. Use immediately.

Maple Glaze

These cookies are delicious! The maple flavor really comes through!

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