I am so happy it’s Fall!
For the obvious reasons, but mainly because I have a food blog and its a known fact that food in the Fall is so much better than any other time of the year.
I can’t wait to make my first pumpkin pie, pecan pie and sweet potato pie of the season. I can’t wait to get together with the family and eat the comforting food I look forward to all year. Except this year everyone may have to eat a cold plate because you know I am going to be snapping pictures of everything.
(Sorry, I’m a food blogger. That’s what we do!)
I also can’t wait to go to the State Fair next month and share with you all of the unbelievable, fried goodness! I hear fried butter (that is whipped and sweetended) is making an appearance this year. Yes Paula Deen, I said fried butter.
But until all that happens, here are some Maple Sugar Cookies.
Maple Sugar Cookies
yield: 14 -16 cookies
1 stick Butter, softened
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Sugar
1/2 of an Egg Yolk
1/4 cup Maple Syrup
1 1/2 cup AP Flour
pinch of Salt, optional
Maple Syrup for brushing
Sanding Sugar
preheat oven to 335 degrees
1. Cream butter and both sugars for 3 minutes, until pale and fluffy.
2. Add half egg yolk and maple syrup, cream for 30 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl and cream for another 30 minutes.
3. Add the flour and salt if using to the bowl and mix until combined.
4. Divide the dough into two portions and wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 20 minutes (or pop in the freezer for 10 minutes like I did).
5. Flour your work surface and rolling pin and roll out one of the portions of dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out your maple leafs (or any shape will work) and place as many as you can on a baking sheet at least 1 inch apart. (The cookie shouldn’t spread when baking.)
6. Using a pastry brush, brush maple syrup on the cookies and sprinkle with sanding sugar.
7. Bake for 8-9 minutes, rotating the tray half way though baking. Let cool one minute (if you can wait that long) before enjoying!
These cookies are very simple and very delicious! They tasted like a classic sugar cookie but had a sweet maple flavor that stayed in your mouth even after swallowing. I love decorating my sugar cookies with sanding sugar, and these were no different. I had gold sanding sugar on hand (which is random, I have no idea where it came from) and it worked perfectly!
Of course you can cut these cookies in any shape but go ahead and made a trip to Sur La Table, I got this cookie cutter for 50 cents today! I got the maple leaf cookie cutter, which made me go to the store to buy maple syrup, which made me go to my kitchen and bake these cookies. Enjoy!
