I have never been to Vermont Green Mountain State was when my husband & I went to Montreal
The first time I came across this recipe, I was a bit nervous when I read the ingredients. Vermont is a state that takes their maple syrup very seriously. Since the only maple ingredient is a flavoring, I knew I had to incorporate the real deal in there somewhere to allow these little lovelies to do the State proud. I couldn't very well use just the flavoring and slap the name Vermont on them.
After some tweaking, I was praying I didn't mess up the recipe.
Once these maple morsels were signed, sealed, and delivered, I took one bite and suddenly, the hills were alive with the sound of Vermont's State Song.
And this Mama knew all the words.
You're welcome Vermont.
You're welcome Vermont.
VERMONT MAPLE COOKIES
½ cup butter
2 ¾ cups flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1½ cups brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk or sour cream
¼ cup REAL maple syrup2 ¾ cups flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
OPTIONAL: 1 cup walnuts, finely chopped
Brown Butter Maple Glaze
½ cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons maple flavoring
2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons maple flavoring
4 tablespoons milk
Combine flour, baking soda, salt together in a medium bowl; set aside. I like to sift everything together using a mini sieve. Like this....
Mix butter and brown sugar together until incorporated. Add eggs, one at a time.
Add buttermilk and maple ingredients. Mix well.
Drop by tablespoons onto a baking sheet. I use an ice cream scoop. It makes like so much easier!
Now for the glaze.
Melt butter in a pan until it gets a nice nutty color. Stay close to the stove as it only needs about 4 minutes.
Add confectioner's sugar, flavoring, and milk.
If you use the glaze immediately, this is how the cookies will look....
Let the glaze cool for a bit, you will get more of a frosting effect....
Yield: 3 ½ dozen cookies.
Happy Baking!