Description
Deliciously soft cookies topped with a sweet maple glaze.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup butter (room temperature or dairy-free butter option)
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup applesauce
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter (or dairy-free butter option)
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 ¼ cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, salt and baking powder and set aside.
- Using mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar together for 2 minutes, then add maple syrup until mixed well.
- Add in applesauce, vanilla extract and beat for an additional minute. Add in flour mixture and mix to incorporate. You should have a very soft dough.
- Using a 1 ½ tablespoon or medium cookie scoop to scoop cookies onto prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake cookies for 12 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to sit on the baking sheet, untouched, for 10 minutes.
- Using microwave, melt the butter and maple syrup together for 1 ½ – 2 minutes. Once the butter has melted, remove from microwave and whisk in the sifted confectioners’ sugar and salt. Set glaze aside and allow to cool and thicken while cookies cool. If icing is too thick, heat up in microwave 15-30 second increments to get icing consistency needed.
- Dip each cookie into the maple icing by dipping the tops in, then place dipped cookies on wire rack or parchment paper to set.
Notes
- Ensure to use room temperature butter for easy mixing.
- Use dairy-free options for a vegan-friendly treat.
- Cooling the cookies is essential for the icing to properly set.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 20mg