Organic Maple Cooperative
919 Front Street
Cashton, WI 54619
tel 1.800.760.1449
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Maple Syrup Recipes
Blonde Ginger Cutout Cookies
Preparation time: 25 min., plus at least 2 hours chilling time
Baking time: 10 to 12 minutes per batch Yield: depends on the way you cut it.
2/3 cup vegetable shortening
1/3 cup unsalted butter,at room temp.
1 cup Maple Valley syrup at room temp
1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups wholewheat flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Cream together the shorteing and butter, Gradually beat in the maple syrup, molasses, and vanilla. Mix together the remaining ingredients and work them into the creamed mixure about 1 cup at a time, Using floured hands, divide the dough in half and wrap each half in plastic, flattening each into a disk. *Chill for at least 2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Roll the dough out, one part at a time, onto a sheet of waxed paper; make it a little less than 1/4 inch thick. Cut into whatever shapes you like, transfer to a lightly greased baking sheet, and bake fo 10 to 12 min. until the bottoms are golden. Cool briefly on the sheet, then transfer to a wire rack and finish cooling.
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