Vanilla Chip Maple Cookies |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 42 |
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Since my husband farms, I try to have simple meals and snacks available, as I never know when he and his father will come in from the fields. These cookies have a distinct maple flavor and stay moist and soft, although they're never in my cookie jar for long! Debra Hogenson Brewster, Minnesota Ingredients:
1 cup shortening |
1/2 cup butter, softened |
2 cups packed brown sugar |
2 eggs |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
1 teaspoon maple flavoring |
3 cups king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour |
2 teaspoons baking soda |
2 cups white baking chips |
1/2 cup chopped pecans |
frosting: |
1/4 cup butter, softened |
4 cups confectioners' sugar |
1 teaspoon maple flavoring |
4 to 6 tablespoons 2% milk |
3-1/2 cups pecan halves |
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, cream the shortening, butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and maple flavoring. Combine the flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in vanilla chips and pecans.
2. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.
3. In a small bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in maple flavoring and enough milk to achieve spreading consistency. Frost cooled cookies. Top each with a pecan half. Yield: about 7 dozen.
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