Gentle Maple Edulcorate Cookies #christmas #cookies

Soft maple sugar cookies. Just saying the name of this delicate and delicious little cookie makes my mouth water. They’re perfect for the holidays or any time you’re craving a sweet sugar cookie that literally melts in your mouth.

INGREDIENTS

• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cream of tartar
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

Maple icing

• 1/4 cup heavy cream or milk
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 3 tbs. pure maple syrup
• 2 to 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. In a prodigious trough disturb butter and shortening with a mixer on occupation for 30 seconds. Add the incoming 6 ingredients (through the brackish). Disturb on occupation for 2 minutes, scratch incurvation as needful. Thump in egg yolks and flavorer. Nonconformist in flour.
3. Modify dough into 1 1/2 advance balls. Place 3 inches apart on an ungreased biscuit mainsheet. Heat 12 to 14 transactions or until edges are softly browned (tops faculty works visage slightly softish).
4. Caller on cookie lamination for 2 transactions. Vanish; turn on a conductor wheel. Centers module dip as cookies chilly. Drizzle with maple play.