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.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time14 minutesmins
Total Time24 minutesmins
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: iced maple cookies, maple cookie frosting, maple cookies, maple icing, maple sugar cookies, Sugar Cookies
Servings: 20cookies
Calories: 280kcal
Author: Michaela Kenkel
Equipment
Whisks for Cooking, 3 Pack Stainless Steel Whisk
Kitchenaid Stand Mixer
KitchenAid Hand Mixer
Wilton Stainless Steel Cookie Scoop
Wilton Performance Pans Aluminum Jelly Roll and Cookie Pan, 10.5 x 15.5-Inch
15 x 10 x 1-Inch Cookie/Jelly Roll Pan
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Ingredients
FOR THE COOKIE:
½cupshortening
½cupbutter softened
½cupbrown sugar
1cupsugar
¼cuppure maple syrup
1teaspooncream of tartar
1teaspoonbaking soda
Pinchof salt
3egg yolks
½teaspoonvanilla extract
1 ¾cupsall-purpose flour
FOR THE ICING:
¼cupwhole milk
¼cupbutter melted
3Tablespoonspure maple syrup
2 ¼cupspowdered 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.