Canadian Maple Leaves

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 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

Recipe

• 1 into large bowl, measure all ingredients.
• 2 with mixer on low speed, beat ingredients until well mixed, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
• 3 shape dough into ball; wrap with plastic wrap.
• 4 refrigerate dough 1 hour or until easy to handle.
• 5 preheat oven to 350*f.
• 6 grease large cookie sheet.
• 7 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.
• 8 with floured 3 1/2 inch maple leaf shaped cookie cutter, cut dough into leaves.
• 9 place cookies 1 inch apart on greased cookie sheet (or use parchment lined sheets.) bake 10 minutes or until golden.
• 10 with pancake turner, carefully remove to wire racks to cool.
• 11 repeat until all dough is used, greasing cookie sheet each time.
• 12 (if not using parchment).
• 13 store cookies in tightly covered container.