Desserts

Vermont Maple Cookies

Bring these Vermont Maple Cookies on country hikes or picnics. Full of sweet maple walnut flavor, they’re tender and delicious.

By Yankee Magazine

Oct 05 2022

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Vermont Maple Walnut Cookies

Photo Credit : Aimee Tucker

Bring these Vermont Maple Cookies on country hikes or picnics. Full of sweet maple walnut flavor, they’re tender and delicious.

Yield:

Makes 3 dozen

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Walnut halves, or extra chopped walnuts

Instructions

Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, and salt, and add to creamed mixture alternately with maple syrup. Blend well and fold in nuts. Scoop up about 2 tablespoons of dough with a spoon and drop it on an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough. Top each cookie with a walnut half, or extra chopped walnuts. Bake 8-10 minutes at 400°F.