Vanilla Chip Maple Cookies Recipe

Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (2 each)
  • Calories:
  • 308
  • Fat:
  • 18 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 5 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 21 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 108 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 35 g
  • Fiber:
  • 1 g
  • Protein:
  • 3 g


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Vanilla Chip Maple Cookies

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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

SERVINGS: 42

CATEGORY: Dessert

METHOD: Baked

TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min.

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 all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 cups vanilla or white chips
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • FROSTING:
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
  • 4 to 6 tablespoons milk
  • 3-1/2 cups pecan halves

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl, cream the shortening, butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla and maple flavoring. Combine the flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla chips and pecans.
    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.
    In a small mixing 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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