Tender Crisp Maple Leaf Shaped Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes + 60 chill
- Cook Time: 8-10 minutes
- Total Time: 90 minutes
- Yield: 30 cookies depending on size of cutter 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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2 cups confectioners sugar
2–1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 sticks or 16 tablespoons butter, diced and chilled
1/2 cup maple syrup
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon maple extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 drops orange food gel or color of choice for leaves
Instructions
- In bowl of food processor fitted with steel blade, add all dry ingredients, pulse 20 seconds.
- Add chilled cubed butter, pulse 20 seconds to make coarse meal.
- Add egg yolks, maple syrup and extracts, and food gel coloring, process until dough forms around blade. If dough is too loose add increments of 2 tablespoons of flour until dough forms a ball. Dough will be soft but will firm up after chilling.
- Remove from bowl and flatten dough into two discs, wrapping dough in plastic wrap. Chill one hour.
- Adjust oven racks to middle of oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Lightly dust rolling surface, remove disc from refrigerator and roll dough into 1/4″ thickness. Dip cookie cutter in flour to coat, cut out leaf shapes. Place leaves on baking sheets. Return to refrigerator for 8 minutes. Repeat with second baking tray.
- Bake cookies 8-10 minutes or until edges are slightly browned. let cookies cool on baking sheets before removing. They are a tender crisp cookie and will break easily.
- Allow to cool completely before serving or freezing.
Notes
Tender crisp cookies with sweet maple flavor. If you don’t like maple, use orange juice for syrup and extract for maple.
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