#3792 - Frosted Maple Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

3 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups Domino's dark brown sugar (packed)
1 cup Crisco shortening
1/2 cup softened butter
2 eggs
1 tsp. McCormick maple flavoring
1 tsp. vanilla
a pinch of salt
2 cups Nestle's white chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans
pecan halves
Frosting: 4 cups Domino's powdered sugar; 4-6 TBSP milk; 1/4 cup softened butter; 1 tsp. maple flavoring

In a bowl add flour, baking soda and salt--stir to mix. In a mixer add brown sugar and Crisco--beat. Add 1/2 cup softened butter--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add 1 tsp. maple flavoring and the vanilla--beat. Slowly add flour mixture--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add chopped pecans and white chocolate chips--stir to mix. Drop batter by spoonfuls on to greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees 8-12 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes, then place on paper towels to cool completely. Frosting: in a mixer add powdered sugar, 1/4 cup softened butter and 1 tsp. maple flavoring--beat. Keep mixer beating and add 1 TBSP milk at a time until frosting is spreading consistency. Once you have the right consistency, beat on high speed until thick and creamy. Frost the cookies, then press one pecan half (flat side down) into the middle of the frosting on each cookie.

#2845 - Chocolate Maple Bars

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 1/2 cups flour
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup cold butter (cut into small pieces)
2 beaten eggs
1 - 14oz. can Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk (NOT evaporated)
1 1/2 tsp. maple flavoring
2 cups chopped nuts
1 cup Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate bits

In a bowl add flour, white sugar and salt--stir. Add the cold butter--mix with a pastry blender to make crumbs. Add 1 beaten egg--stir well. Press the mixture into a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. In a mixer add condensed milk, 1 egg and maple flavoring--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add chopped nuts--stir until mixed. When crust is baked, remove from oven and sprinkle the chocolate bits all over the top. Spread the condensed milk mixture all over the top. Return to oven and bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 more minutes. Cool completely. Cut into bars or squares.

#957 - Pecan Log Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 2/3 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup softened butter
2/3 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed)
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. maple flavoring
3/4 cup halved pecans
Frosting: 1/2 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed), 1 TBSP Kayro dark corn syrup, 2 TBSP water, 1 cup Domino's powdered sugar

Into a bowl sift the flour, baking soda and salt--set aside. In a mixer add butter, 2/3 cup brown sugar--beat. Add egg--beat. Add vanilla and maple flavoring--beat. Add sifted ingredients that you set aside--beat. Flour your counter and roll dough into 2 or 3 dough logs (about 8 " long and 2" around). Wrap each log in Saran wrap (separately)--refrigerate them overnight. The next day remove the wrap from the dough logs and place one at a time on a cutting board. Cut into coin shaped pieces (about 1/8" wide). Repeat with all logs. Place cookies on to greased cookie sheets. Break each pecan half into a few smaller pieces and place on top of one cookie--press lightly into the cookie with the back of a spoon. Repeat with all cookies. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. While cookies are baking make the frosting: in a saucepan add 1/2 cup brown sugar, Kayro, 1 TBSP water--turn heat to medium. Cook and stir until boiling. Once boiling remove from heat--add 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 TBSP water--stir with a spoon until smooth. It should be the consistency of a glaze--if too thick add a little more water. Drizzle each baked cookie with 1 tsp. of the frosting.