Maple frosted cookies

Ingredients

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• 1 cup butter, cold and cubed
• 1 cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup sugar
• 2 eggs, cold
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp corn starch
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• Icing:
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup milk
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• Pinch salt
• 2 cups powdered sugar

Method

1. Preheat oven to 410 degrees and prep a baking sheet with parchment paper

2. In a small mixing bowl whisk together flour, corn starch, baking soda, and salt. set aside

3. In a stand mixer cream butter, sugar and brown sugar, approx 3 minutes

4. Add in vanilla and eggs and mix until combined

5. Gradually add in flour mixture and mix only until combined. do not over mix

6. Get a ¼ cup scoop of cookie dough and roll into a tall disc shape (roll into a ball and then flatten out)

7. Put dough balls on cookie sheet and cook for 10 minutes

8. After removing cookies from oven allow them to sit on baking sheet for 10 minutes and then transfer cookies to cooling rack

9. Icing

10. In a saucepan over medium heat melt butter and brown sugar. bring to a boil for 2 minutes, whisking constantly

11. Add milk, maple syrup, and salt and boil again for 1 minute while whisking

12. Turn off heat and cool for 1 minute then add powdered sugar whisking until it reaches a glue like consistency. if too thick, add milk 1 tbsp at a time

13. Quickly spread over cooled cookies. the icing will thicken as it cools, just add more milk as needed in order to spread it easily over each cookie. allow icing to set up before storing in an air tight container