It's four days before Christmas and we're still baking cookies. These Maple Twist Cookies are a favorite of mine. My mother and aunt would make these every year for Christmas.
I tried making these last year but they turned out to be an epic failure because my mother's recipe was a little short on instructions.
This year I called out the reserves on this one. My cousin Jimmy and our good friend Verna both had this recipe so I tried again this year.
They may not look perfect but the taste is what I remember as a kid. A sweet nutty cookie with a maple flavor. There are so many walnut cookie recipes, the combinations in this one are amazing.
What you need for the dough:
3 cups all-purpose flour
6 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup Crisco
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup milk
2 large eggs
1/4 cup butter Melted (save for later)
Using my Kitchenaid stand mixer, I added the flour and baking powder into the mixing bowl and sifted together.
Add the Crisco, brown sugar, and vanilla. I turned the mixer on low speed and added the eggs and milk. Continue mixing until the dough is formed. Separate the dough into 3 equal pieces and put it in the refrigerator for one hour.
While the dough was chilling it was time to make the filling and icing.
Filling for Maple Twist Cookies:
3 cups walnuts (Crushed)
6 teaspoons of brown sugar
6 teaspoons white sugar
Milk
Combine the crushed walnuts and brown sugar and white sugar in a mixing bowl. Add a couple of tablespoons of milk at a time and mix until it looks like a paste. Be careful, don't add too much milk, as it will become runny.
Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon Maple extract
1 tablespoon milk
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We used our handy food chopper dicer to chop the walnuts fine enough for this recipe. We find this to be a very handy kitchen tool for small jobs like this one.
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Combine and mix well until the icing is smooth.
My Icing and filling |
Fold this over 3 times and seal the ends. Cut them into 1/2 inch slices, give them a twist and place them on a greased cookie sheet or cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Ready for the oven |
I made my icing thick and iced them with a small spatula after the cookies cooled, If you do this you will need to double the icing recipe.
I yielded about 45 cookies you should get 15 or so cookies from each section of dough.
As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!
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Oh My! I will have to find time to make these for Christmas. Merry Christmas Sam to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteWell, if you find the time I do hope you enjoy them. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas :) Thank you, Susan
DeleteThese do sound delightful! I have a few older recipes like that... a bit short on directions. "put in a moderate oven until done." ok, sure! I hope you all have a merry Christmas, Sam!
ReplyDeleteThanks Carlee, And a very Happy New year to you and your family :)
Deletethese look yummy!!!!
ReplyDeleteThese Maple twist cookies are the best Sandy! Thanks so much for stopping by :)
DeleteYour cookies look delicious! I will definitely need to double the icing recipe when I make the Maple Twist Cookies!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Ruth, I hope you enjoy these Maple Twist Cookies. They are one of my favorites.
DeleteThese sound delightful and pretty easy to make too. I love walnuts.
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