Maple Meltaways
By Yankee Magazine|Dec 01 2008|
From the Inn at Ellis River, Jackson, NH.
Yield
5 dozen
Ingredients
1-1/2 cups unsalted butter
1-1/3 cups granulated sugar
1/4 cup Grade B (dark) maple syrup
1 teaspoon Boyajian natural maple flavor
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 cups cake flour
8 ounces milk chocolate toffee bits
Instructions
Cream together butter and sugar. Add maple syrup and maple flavoring and beat until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Sift together salt and cake flour and add to cookie mixture. When blended, stir in milk chocolate toffee chips. Divide dough into 4 pieces and shape each piece into a roll. Wrap each roll in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least six hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut dough rolls into 1/4-inch slices and place on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake 10-12 minutes or until they just begin to turn golden brown.
