Grammy's Kitchen · Shortbread · Glazed Maple Shortbread Cookies
One of 67 shortbread recipes we measured
It ranks #5 of 67 for spread among the shortbread recipes we compared. 4 cooks on www.cookingclassy.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 67.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 80% | 86% |
| total sugar | 96% | 56% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 283 g | 2 cups (283g) all-purpose flour |
| 2 g | 1/4 tsp salt |
| 227 g | 1 cup unsalted butter, (cold and diced into 1 Tbsp pieces) |
| 78 g | 6 Tbsp (78g) granulated sugar |
| 1/2 tsp maple extract | |
| 132 g | 1 cup (132g) powdered sugar |
| 60 g | 3 Tbsp real maple syrup |
| 1 1/2 tsp maple extract* | |
| Milk to thin as needed | |
| Fall colored sprinkles ((optional)) | |
| Finely hopped pecans ((optional)) |
Method: 11 steps, published by www.cookingclassy.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Oh my gosh, these cookies are so light and flaky, but I can't taste the maple in the cookie itself. I havent put on the glaze yet, but still the cookies arent too sweet and are delicious without the glaze. I am waiting the last to come out of the oven and wi” — a cook, 5.0★
“I made these for Thanksgiving and loved them so making again for Christmas. If I make the dough one day ahead of time, do i just need to leave it out a little longer to roll it on the day that I am baking them?” — a cook, 5.0★