Vermont Maple Cookies

These cookies are beyond YUMMY – and they smell like maple HEAVEN. When I was growing up my Mom made cookies for us almost every day, but she couldn’t always afford expensive ingredients like chocolate chips. We ate a lot of “brown cookies” made with molasses, brown sugar or maple syrup.

1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons maple extract or flavoring (but not maple syrup, which isn’t potent enough)
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts

Mix shortening, sugar, and eggs thoroughly. Stir in sour cream and maple flavoring. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, soda, and salt; blend with wet ingredients. Mix in nuts.

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough about 2” apart on greased baking sheet. Bake about 10 minutes, or until almost no imprint remains when touched lightly. When cooled, spread with maple butter glaze.

Maple Butter Glaze:

Heat 1/2 cup butter until golden brown. Blend in 2 cups sifted confectioner’s sugar and 2 teaspoons maple extract. Stir in 2 to 4 tablespoons hot water until icing spreads smoothly.

Recipe Source: http://www.thatsnotwhattherecipesays.com/2009/04/vermont-maple-cookies-favorite.html