Ingredients

  • For sugar cookies
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 cups flour
  • For icing glaze
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup real maple syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • walnuts

Method

  • For sugar cookies:.
  • Preheat the oven to 380 to 400, depending on how hot your oven is.
  • Cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time. In a small bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to wet ones in batches, alternating with sour cream. Drop by Tablespoon fulls onto a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for 7-9 minutes. cool completely.
  • For icing glaze:.
  • Mix powdered sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla extract in a bowl, if the glaze is too thick add more maple or some milk/water. transfer to a flat shallow dish (like a pie pan). spread glaze on cookies, and quickly top with crushed walnuts.
  • ( Icing takes about an hour to harden, their less messy and taste better when the glaze is cool and hardened.).