Categories: Cookies, Dessert

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup maple sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 -2 teaspoon maple extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300°; lightly grease two 9-inch round cake pans; sprinkle each pan with 1 tablespoon of the maple sugar.

2. In a bowl, cream together the butter, salt, regular sugar, ½ cup maple sugar, maple extract, and vanilla; then beat in the flour.

3. Divide the dough in half and press it into the prepared pans, smoothing surface with your fingers.

4. Sprinkle each round with 1 tablespoon of the remaining maple sugar, pressing it in gently.

5. Prick the dough with a fork in an attractive pattern.

6. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until it is golden brown around the edges.

7. Remove it from the oven and loosen the edges with a heat-resistant plastic knife or table knife.

8. Wait 5 minutes, then carefully turn the shortbread out onto a clean work surface, all in one piece.

9. Using a pizza wheel or sharp knife, cut each round into 12 wedges (do this while the shortbread is still warm; if you wait until it is cool, it will not cut easily).

10. Transfer the wedges to a rack to cool.

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