Maple Cookies

Recipe courtesy Dennis Brady

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Emeril's Cookie Contest

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (17)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(17)

Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
about 4 dozen

Times:

Prep: 35 min
Inactive Prep: 4 min
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 49 min

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Ingredients

Cookies:

1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon maple extract
1/4 cup maple syrup
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Heavy cream

Maple Glaze:

1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup maple sugar
1 teaspoon maple extract
1/4 cup unsalted butter

Directions

In a medium bowl, cream the butter, then gradually add the sugar and continue to beat. Add the eggs, vanilla extract, maple extract, and maple syrup, and beat until light and fluffy.

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Thoroughly blend into the butter mixture. Form into a disc, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for at least 4 hours.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Roll the dough out 1/4-inch thick. With a drinking glass, cut out cookies and transfer to parchment lined baking sheet. Brush the cookies with heavy cream. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

Meanwhile make the maple glaze. Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan. Stir over medium heat until it just reaches the boiling point. Brush or dip the tops of the cookies in the maple glaze while still hot. Let cool. These taste better the next day.

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Jennifer lancaster, CA 12-27-2007
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Yum!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These are to die for! I am a maple lover and these are the best. They really to get better with time. The flavor grows... stronger as they sit. I couldn't find maple sugar, so I used a jar of Harry and David's Maple Butter to frost them. Amazing!Read more
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Anonymous 10-29-2007
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Positively Addictive
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have made this recipe 3 times. I use a maple leaf cutter. It takes time, however, the dough is easy to work with and the... cookie is so worth the time. I do not have maple extract, but find it does not matter. Maple syrup is a proud state food here in MI. I add some maple syrup to the glaze. As others have commented, the glaze is too thick anyway. When I made them last, we let the glaze heat too much and were forced to maple sugar candy balls, but it gave me a chance to start over and make it thinner with more maple syrup (not butter). It was perfect and dried a little more then adding more butter. Perfect for an autumn gathering around the fire pit.Read more
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Anonymous 03-05-2007
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They were just OK
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

without the glaze, they're worthless. With the glaze they're pretty good but not worth all the trouble.
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Carrie Decatur, GA 12-25-2006
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Wonderful
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

A delightful twist to the average sugar cookie. Make sure not to over cook them. If you wait for them to brown even slightly... they are too tough.Read more
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Jennifer Ridgefield, CT 12-14-2006
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Addictive
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

You will not be able to get enough of these...and the DO taste better the next day. Double the butter on the glaze.
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JULIE Hazlet, NJ 11-06-2006
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My yearly Fall tradition
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have made these cookies my yearly Fall tradition. I refrigerate the dough overnight and then use a maple leaf cookie... cutter instead of the regular round shape. I make a glaze of just confectioners sugar, water and maple extract which creates a nice hard, shiny finish. If you don't wish to glaze them you can cut little veins with a knife. They are delicious and so professional looking. I will be making these cookies for years to come. Thank you so much for this great recipe.Read more