Maple Walnut Cookies

servings
Approximately 3 dozen cookies
prep time
15 minutes
cook time
30 minutes
Close-up of maple walnut cookies with sugar dusting

A close-up of freshly baked maple walnut cookies dusted with sugar crystals.

Ingredients

  • •71 grams (1/3 cup, packed) brown sugar
  • •170 grams (6 ounces) unsalted* butter, softened
  • •1 large egg
  • •120 ml (½ cup) maple syrup
  • •15 ml (1 tablespoon) dark rum or nocciolo (walnut liquor)
  • •5 ml (1 teaspoon) vanilla extract
  • •240 grams (2 cups) all-purpose flour
  • •10 ml (2 teaspoons) baking powder
  • •.5 ml (½ teaspoon) sea salt*
  • •Generous pinch cinnamon
  • •128 grams (1 cup) walnuts, toasted and chopped
  • •30 ml (2 tablespoons) sugar, for rolling

*Salted butter may be used. In that case, omit adding additional salt.

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.

  2. Mix together flour, baking powder and salt.

  3. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and brown sugar until smooth and fluffy. Beat in the egg. Beat in maple syrup, rum, and vanilla extract. Slowly beat in the dry ingredients. Chill until firm.

  4. Roll dough into balls the size of a small walnut (in the shell), roll in sugar, place on parchment lined baking sheets 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake until golden brown around the perimeter, about 15 minutes.

  5. Transfer to racks to cool. Store in an airtight container.

About the author

Edward Bottone is a food and lifestyle journalist based in Philadelphia, whose works have appeared in Philadelphia Magazine, The Bermudian, London Times Express, Islands Magazine, and the online magazine Table Matters where he was also Editor. He has also published academic papers on Tourism and Taste.

He is a former chef and restaurateur with establishments in Philadelphia and Bermuda, a TV and Radio presenter, and Assistant Professor teaching a range of courses, including Gastronomy and Culture, at Drexel University and Delaware Valley University. Reach him at curiouscook77@gmail.com

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Edward Bottone

Edward Bottone

Edward Bottone is a food and lifestyle journalist, a former chef and restaurateur, TV and radio presenter, and culinary educator.

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