maple cookies with marmalade glaze

By gocatgo

these little guys make the perfect holiday snack with a lovely blend of christmastime flavors. if you make them this size they are a lovely pairing for hot cocoa, cider, coffee or tea – but they would also be awesome in a much larger size.

Ingredients

• maple cookies:
• 1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
• 1/2 c brown sugar
• 1/2 c maple syrup
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ginger powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• dash of sea salt
• marmalade glaze:
• 3 tbsp marmalade
• 1/2 c powdered sugar

Details

Servings 2
Adapted from sweetbeetandgreenbean.net

Preparation

Step 1

preheat the oven to 350F

in a medium bowl add together the butter, sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, ginger and vanilla extract. mix together with a hand or stand mixer to get it very evenly mixed.

add in the egg and loosely stir it in.

in a separate, larger bowl sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. slowly add this into the wet ingredients by stirring in with a larger spoon – you don’t want to use a mixer because it will make the gluten in the flour too sticky. if the dough is still a little too loose when you add the dry ingredients in, you may need a little more flour. add in a small spoonful at a time until the consistency is slightly stiff and it begins to hold together.

scoop evenly sized amounts onto a cookie sheet that is either covered with parchment paper or sprinkled with flour. it is easiest to get evenly shaped pieces of dough if you use a small cookie dough scoop.

bake for 15 minutes, but check on them about 10 minutes through. they are done when slightly brown around the edges.

when you take them out let them cool on the tray a minute so they set in shape. then transfer them to a plate with a spatula to cool further – they must be thoroughly cooled before glazing or it will melt right off.

once all the cookies are baked and cooling, mix together the glaze. i used a hand mixer for this to help make it easier and to break up any clumps of powdered sugar, but you can sift your powdered sugar and mix together with a spoon just as well. if you find the glaze is not thick enough you can add extra powdered sugar, which should make up most of the mixture.

you can add the glaze by spooning small amounts on each cookie, but i used a silicone brush to make it a bit easier. i ended up with extra so you can either find other baked goods to slather it on, or attempt to adjust the recipe to make even less. once the glaze sits for an hour or two it hardens and makes it much easier to transport or even wrap up and ship off to loved ones!

enjoy!