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Maple Buttons Cookies

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A delicate maple-sweetened drop cookie with a creamy maple center.

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
  • 3/4 cup maple sugar (see instructions below)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Maple cream (see instructions below)

Instructions

  1. Beat butter, peanut butter, maple sugar and one egg together. Add flour, baking powder, and salt.
  2. Chill, then roll into small balls and make a thumbprint in the center of each cookie.
  3. Bake twelve minutes at 350 degrees on parchment lined cookie sheet. Cool, and fill each thumbprint with a small spoonful of maple cream.

To make Maple Cream

  1. Boil one pint of maple syrup to soft ball stage, about 232 degrees. Cool without moving to room temperature, then stir constantly, until the cream has a spreadable consistency.

To make Maple Sugar

  1. Boil one pint of maple syrup to 265 degrees. Stir, until all moisture is evaporated, and sugar granulates. Sieve to remove lumps of sugar. Use care when working with hot syrup. Run a bit of butter around the rim of the pan to keep the syrup from boiling over. There will be plenty of cream or sugar left over for the next recipe, or for enjoying on toast.
  2. Or you can order your maple cream and maple sugar at www.sillowaymaple.com.