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VANILLA SUGAR COOKIES WITH MAPLE FROSTING

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Course Dessert
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings 40

Ingredients

COOKIES

  • 3 STICKS SALTED BUTTER 1 1/2 CUPS, ROOM TEMP
  • 1 TABLESPOON VANILLA EXTRACT
  • 1 CUP LIGHT BROWN SUGAR PACKED
  • 1 TEASPOON ALMOND EXTRACT
  • 2 LARGE EGGS
  • 1/2 TEASPOON SALT
  • 1 TEASPOON BAKING SODA
  • 4 1/2 CUPS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR

FROSTING

  • 2 STICKS SALTED BUTTER 1 CUP, ROOM TEMP
  • 1 TABLESPOON VANILLA EXTRACT
  • 2 1/2 CUPS POWDERED SUGAR
  • 1/4 CUP PURE MAPLE SYRUP CAN SUB CARAMEL SAUSE INSTEAD
  • SPRINKLES FOR DECORATING

Instructions

COOKIES

  • COMBINE SOFTENED BUTTER, VANILLA, AND BROWN SUGAR IN A STAND MIXER OR LARGE BOWL AND HAND MIXER. WHIP UNTIL SUPER SMOOTH AND ALL COMBINED TOGETHER AND STARTING TO GET FLUFFY.
  • ADD IN ALMOND, 1 EGG AT A TIME, AND WHIP AGAIN UNTIL COMBINED TOGETHER.
  • POUR IN SALT, BAKING SODA, AND FLOUR AND COMBINE AGAIN UNTIL A DOUGH BALL FORMS.
  • HALVE THE DOUGH INTO TWO EQUAL SIZED BALLS. USING PARCHMENT OR WAX PAPER TO PLACE THE BALLS ON, FORM EACH BALL INTO A 10" LOG. USING THE PAPER, FOLD IT OVER AND ROLL IT UNTIL IT'S UNIFORM IN SIZE AND SHAPE. SMOOTH IT OUT AND ROLL UP IN THE PAPER.
  • PLACE EACH LOG INTO A SPLIT WRAPPING PAPER TUBE. PLACE IN THE FRIDGE FOR ROUGHLY 3-4 HOURS. CAN BE IN THE FRIDGE FOR 5 DAYS, IF NEEDED.
  • ONCE READY TO BAKE, PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 F DEGREES.
  • UNWRAP EACH AND SLICE EACH 10" LOG INTO 20 COOKIES. SLICE IN HALF FIRST, THEN IN HALF AGAIN, AND CONTINUE UNTIL YOU GET 40 IN TOTAL, 20 EACH LOG.
  • PLACE COOKIES FAIRLY CLOSE TOGETHER, ABOUT 2" APART, ON A PARCHMENT PAPER LINED COOKIE SHEET.
  • BAKE FOR 8-10 MINUTES, BUT NO LONGER. THESE WILL BE SOFT COOKIES AND NOT BROWN OR GOLDEN.
  • LET COOL, WHILE COOLING MAKE THE FROSTING.

FROSTING

  • USING A STAND MIXER OR LARGE BOWL AND HAND MIXER, CREAM SOFTENED BUTTER AND VANILLA UNTIL FLUFFY AND SMOOTH. THIS SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 3-4 MINUTES.
  • ADD IN THE POWDERED SUGAR AND PURE MAPLE SYRUP AND KEEP BEATING UNTIL WHIPPED IN TEXTURE. SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 2 MORE MINUTES.
  • USING A SMALL 1 TABLESPOON COOKIE SCOOP, MEASURE OUT FROSTING FOR EACH COOKIE WITH ONE SCOOP EACH.
  • SMOOTH OUT THE FROSTING AND DECORATE WITH SPRINKLES!

Notes

AUTHOR: HALF BAKED HARVEST