Iced Maple Sugar Cookies
Soft, chewy, and loaded with maple flavor, these Iced Maple Sugar Cookies are a definite must. If you’re a fan of sugar cookies you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how much more decadent they can be with the simple addition of maple syrup.
Servings: 20 cookies
Calories: 280kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- FOR THE COOKIE:
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 3 egg yolks
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- FOR THE ICING:
- ¼ cup whole milk
- ¼ cup butter melted
- 3 Tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 2 ¼ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- In the bowl of your mixer beat butter and shortening together until fluffy.
- Add in both sugars, maple syrup, salt, baking soda and cream of tartar and beat for 2 minutes, scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Beat in egg yolks and vanilla.
- Mix in flour until combined.
- Shape the dough into 1 ½” balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes. Cookies will still look soft but the edges will be light golden brown. (Don’t overbake or the cookies will not be soft)
- Cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Make the icing by whisking together milk, butter, and maple syrup. Whisk the powdered sugar in a little at a time until you reach your desired drizzling consistency.
- Drizzle maple icing over the cookies. Let the icing set before storing them in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 130mg | Sugar: 31g