Short Stack Cookies
Very thin sugar cookies made with maple syrup.
Servings 18
Cost 5
Ingredients
- ¾ cup salted butter 180 grams
- 1 cup sugar 200 grams
- 1 large large beaten egg bring to room temperature
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, bleached** (280 grams)
- ¼ cup coarse (or white) sugar for coating the dough balls
Instructions
- Melt the butter and allow it to cool for 10 minutes.
- Add the sugar to the melted butter, then add the beaten egg. Add maple syrup, soda, salt and vanilla and stir well, then add the flour and blend thoroughly.
- Chill the dough for at least 1 hour (overnight is fine too).
- Shape dough into 1 inch balls (or make them slightly smaller or larger, depending on your mood). Roll in coarse or sparkly sugar, then flatten down to a little less than ½ inch. Place on parchment linked baking pans. Give each dough circle plenty of room to spread.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 to 12 minutes or until nicely browned. Cool on the cookie sheets for no more than 1 minute, then remove to the rack to finish cooling (If you leave them on the cookie sheets for too long, they'll stick).
Notes
Back when I first posted the recipe, a reader named Derek shared some changes he made to the full batch. Since this is a half version of the original, I've halved Derek's additions.
-- Added ½ C flour,
-- ¼ C brown sugar,
-- ½ tsp baking powder and ¾ tsp baking soda.
-- added 1 tsp maple extract. topped them with a quick buttermilk-maple glaze cause I wanted a buttermilk flavor in the pancake as well. Glaze: 2 tablespoons buttermilk, ½ tsp maple extract, powdered sugar to consistency desired. drizzled on baked cookies over cooling rack.
-- ¼ C brown sugar,
-- ½ tsp baking powder and ¾ tsp baking soda.
-- added 1 tsp maple extract. topped them with a quick buttermilk-maple glaze cause I wanted a buttermilk flavor in the pancake as well. Glaze: 2 tablespoons buttermilk, ½ tsp maple extract, powdered sugar to consistency desired. drizzled on baked cookies over cooling rack.
