I don’t know what it is about that maple flavor and bringing in the fall and winter months, but it is a rich and sweet way to appreciate how the seasons are changing! These iced maple sugar cookies are delicious and can be decorated to be as beautifully as you’d like. I personally would eat them plain, but dressed up a little with the frosting and sprinkles, they make a wonderful dessert to share.
Iced Maple Sugar Cookies
Cookie Ingredients:
2 1/3 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
1/3 cup canola oil
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp maple extract
Frosting Ingredients:
2 cups powder sugar
2 Tbsp water
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp maple extract
1 container of Wilton Acorn Medley Sprinkles (or any fall sprinkles mix *affiliate link*)
To Make Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter, vegetable oil, and sugar until well combined.
- Mix in egg, vanilla extract and maple extract.
- Add flour mixture 1 cup at a time, mixing until completely combined.
- Roll 2 tablespoons of dough into balls and place on prepared baking sheet, leaving room for spreading. Continue until you have rolled all of the dough into balls.
- Lightly flatten dough balls with bottom of a cup.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool for a few minutes, and then place cookies onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
Icing Directions:
- In a small bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, water, vanilla extract and maple extract until smooth.
- Using a spoon, smooth icing onto top of each cookie.
- Quickly sprinkle with sprinkles if desired and let set for 10 minutes, or until hardened.
