Maple wafers - house beautiful

3 dozen

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¼ cup Pure maple syrup
1 Stick plus 2 T unsalted butter
1 cup All-purpose flour
2½ tablespoon Sugar
¼ teaspoon Baking soda
Pinch salt
1 large Egg
1¼ teaspoon Vanilla extract

Directions

In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, bring syrup to boil. Boil 3½ minutes, or until syrup is reduced to about ½ cup. Add butter and let mixture return to boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.

In a medium bowl sift together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt; set aside.

In another bowl beat together egg and vanilla; stir in maple mixture.

Add dry ingredients and stir until well blended (mixture will be fluid). Drop batter by small rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets; space about 3 ½ inches apart, or wafers may run together.

Bake in preheated 375'F oven 5 to 6 minutes, or until wafers are gold- rimmed with ½ inch of light brown. Watch carefully to avoid burning.

Remove from oven and let stand 1 minute. Then, using a spatula, quickly transfer wafers to wire racks before they become brittle. (If they firm up before they can be removed, return them to the oven for 1 to 2 minutes to soften slightly.) Allow wafers to cool completely.

(Cool baking sheets completely before reusing; grease thoroughly between batches.) Store in an airtight container up to 1 week or 1 month in the freezer. Makes about 3 dozen 3 ½-inch cookies.

House Beautiful Holidays 1993 Scanned & fixed by Di and Gary

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