1995 2nd Place Brown Butter Maple Spritz

Title:
1995 2nd Place Brown Butter Maple Spritz

Yield:
30 Servings

Categories:
Cookies,
Holiday




Ingredients:





 1 1/4 c  Unsalted butter


     1 c  Confectioners' sugar


     2 ts Pure vanilla extract


 1 1/4 ts Salt


     1    Egg


     2    Egg yolks


 2 1/4 c  Unsifted all-purpose flour


   1/2 c  Pure maple syrup


          Milk or whipping cream,


          -if necessary






  1. To brown the butter, melt butter in a small, heavy saucepan over low


 heat. When fully melted, increase heat to medium and cook, stirring


 constantly, until the butter turns a medium brown and smells nutty. Measure


 out 1 cup to use for cookies and reserve the rest for the filling.


 Refrigerate until firm but not solid, about 30 minutes.


 


  2. For cookies, heat oven to 325 degrees. Have ready a cookie press and


 ungreased baking sheet(s).


 


  3. Beat the 1 cup brown butter,  1/2 cup of the confectioners' sugar,


 vanilla and salt in large bowl of electric mixer until creamy. Add egg and


 egg yolks and mix to combine. Stop mixer and add flour; mix on low speed


 just until flour disappears.


 


  4. Transfer dough to a cookie press and press onto baking sheet in desired


 shapes, spacing them 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake until set, 16 to 18 minutes.


 Transfer to a wire rack to cool.


 


  5. For filling, cook maple syrup in a heavy 2-quart saucepan over high


 heat for 5 minutes. Cool to lukewarm then stir in remaining 1/2 cup


 confectioners' sugar. Beat the reserved brown butter in a food processor or


 a small bowl of electric mixer until light. Add the syrup mixture and beat


 until smooth. If  mixture is too thick, add a small amount of milk or cream


 until it is  spreadable.


 


  6. Assemble cookies by spreading about  1/2 teaspoon filling on the flat


 side of half the cookies. Sandwich with another cookie.


 


 Second-place winner in the 1995 Chicago Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest: by


 Sarah  Frudden of Chicago


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #338


 


 From: Linda Place 


 


 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 12:22:52 +0000