Canadian Maple Leaves
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup maple syrup (the real thing!)
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Into large bowl, measure all ingredients.
- With mixer on low speed, beat ingredients until well mixed, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
- Shape dough into ball; wrap with plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate dough 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- Preheat oven to 350*F.
- Grease large cookie sheet.
- On lightly floured surface, with lightly floured rolling pin, roll 1/3 of the dough at a time 1/8 inch thick, keeping remaining dough refrigerated.
- With floured 3 1/2 inch maple leaf shaped cookie cutter, cut dough into leaves.
- Place cookies 1 inch apart on greased cookie sheet (or use parchment lined sheets.) Bake 10 minutes or until golden.
- With pancake turner, carefully remove to wire racks to cool.
- Repeat until all dough is used, greasing cookie sheet each time.
- (If not using parchment).
- Store cookies in tightly covered container.
allpurpose, butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, eggs, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/canadian-maple-leaves-64633 (may not work)