Maple Shortbread Cookies
By dfallon
Ingredients
- Topping:
- 1 cup (8 oz.) unsalted butter (at cool room temperature)
- 1/2 cup (3 oz.) pure maple sugar
- 1/4 cup (1 3/4 oz.) granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp maple flavor (optional)
- 2 1/2 cups (10 1/2 oz.) unbleached, all-purpose flour
- 2 tb. (3/4 oz.) pure maple sugar
Details
Servings 2
Preparation
Step 1
Beat the butter with the sugars, vanilla, and maple flavor until well-blended.
Beat in the flour to form a smooth dough. The dough will be crumbly at first, but will come together as it's mixed.
Divide the dough in half, pat each half into a disk, wrap well, and chill for about an hour.
Preheat the oven to 350. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets.
Sprinkle the dough and your work surface lightly with flour. Roll the dough until it's a scant 1/4 inch thick. Cut cookies with a cookie cutter.
Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheets, and sprinkle with maple sugar. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until cookies are very lightly browned.
Let sit on baking sheets for several minutes before moving to a rack to cool completely.
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