Pumpkin Spice Maple Sugar Cookies
These Pumpkin Spice Maple Sugar Cookies have all the wonderful flavors of fall in one delicious treat!
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 1 stick unsalted butter, soft
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp Pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tsp Cream of tartar
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tsp Maple extract
- 1/4 tsp Maple extract
Icing Ingredients
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1/2 tsp Maple extract
- 3/4 tsp Pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugars in stand mixer.
- Add vanilla extract, maple extract, cinnamon, and eggs, mix well.
- In a separate bowl use a whisk to thoroughly mix flour, baking soda, salt and cream of tartar.
- Add dry ingredients to wet a little at a time and mix until just combined, your dough will be pulled to the center in a ball shape when ready. If it is still sticky add a little more flour.
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap or slip into a zippered bag and press all the air out. Place dough in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Roll dough out on a floured surface to a ¼” to ⅛” thickness.
- Use cutters to cut out shapes (or even a glass for round cookies) and place on a baking sheet leaving an inch of space between each cookie.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges just begin to brown.
- Remove from oven and cool on trays for 2-3 minutes then remove to cooling racks to cool completely.
- Whisk together your icing ingredients, adding the milk last, a little at a time until you get the consistency you desire.
- Use the back of a spoon to ice your cookies then let them sit until icing has set.