Love baking? You’ll also enjoy The Best Snickerdoodle Recipe, this Millionaire Shortbread recipe and these Seven Layer Magic Bars Recipe! These Maple Cookies were a spur-of-the-moment addition to my holiday baking line-up, but sometimes I think those are my favorite ones! Those times I get in the kitchen just to bake, just for fun. And then out comes these gloriously soft, and sweet and maple-y cookies, right? Not exactly. This recipe came about because I had found a recipe in a popular magazine that looked incredible, and I thought they’d be a fun weeknight baking project. They were a total flop, and ended up flatter than a pancake. But they were still delicious, so I couldn’t just forget about them. So these soft and chewy Maple Cookies here are round 2, and they are perfect. They are a simple vanilla maple cookie, drizzled with a two-ingredient maple glaze that packs in a ton of maple flavor. Perfect for fall baking or those holiday cookie boxes (or for stashing for yourself in the freezer 😉 )!
How to make these Glazed Maple Cookies your own:
Opt for a thicker cookie: add ¼ cup more flour to the dough for a thicker, but still soft and chewy cookie. Add a ½ teaspoon of maple extract to the cookie dough for even more maple flavor — keep in mind that with the glaze I find they have just the right amount of maple! You may want to use a vanilla glaze if you add maple extract Add ¼ cup of toffee bits to the cookie dough before baking for a salty-sweet twist Stir in chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, dried fruit or chopped nuts — just keep it to 1 cup of mix ins.
How to store these Maple Cookies:
You can store these Maple Cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days. You can also store these cookies in the freezer for up to 3 months, which makes them great for stashing so you have treats around when you want to share (or when you just need a treat! We all have those days 😉 )
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