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Maple Shortbread




Source of Recipe


King Arthur


List of Ingredients




1 cup (2 sticks) lightly salted butter
1/4 cup Baker's Special or granulated sugar
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon pure granulated maple sugar OR 1/2 cup maple-flavored sugar
2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1/2 to 1 teaspoon maple flavor powder (optional, for increased maple flavor)


Recipe



In a medium-sized bowl, cream the butter and sugars together with a mixer or, preferably, by hand. Add the flour and blend till the mixture resembles fine cornmeal. To shape, roll the dough into 1 1/2-inch balls, press with a cookie stamp (or the bottom of a glass) and chill in the freezer for 30 minutes before baking. Or form the dough into a long roll, 1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter, cover with parchment paper and freeze till very firm. When ready to bake, slice into cookies NO THINNER than 1/4-inch and prick each cookie twice with a fork. Bake on ungreased baking sheets in a preheated 300°F oven for about 20 minutes. Watch the cookies carefully -- when the bottoms are a light sand color, remove them immediately and cool completely on wire racks.

Store the cookies in tins lined with waxed or parchment paper. You'll find that shortbread improves with a little age