Maple and Cinnamon Halloween Cookies

Sweet Treats / Halloween / Seasonal

Maple Halloween cookies
Featuring Pure Maple Syrup
20-25 portions

Ingredients

  • 250g unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 250g maple sugar
  • 2 large eggs, beaten
  • 1/2 tsp or 2.5ml vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp or 5g ground cinnamon
  • 10ml pure maple syrup (preferably amber syrup for its rich taste)
  • 500g plain flour
  • 1 tsp or 5g baking powder

Method

  1. Beat together the butter and sugar in a large bowl, preferably using an electric mixer, until the mixture is light and fluffy, and pale in colour then beat in the eggs, vanilla extract and maple syrup
  2. Sift together the flour, cinnamon and baking powder in a separate bowl. Stir the flour into the butter mixture and bring together until the mixture is well combined and comes away from the sides of the bowl
  3. Turn onto a floured work surface and knead into a ball, divide the dough into two portions, wrap in cling film and leave to chill in the fridge for at least one hour
  4. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line two baking trays with greaseproof paper
  5. Roll the dough out to a 0.5cm/¼in thickness (or the thickness of a £1 coin) on a lightly floured surface, it’s best to roll out one portion of the dough at a time, leaving the remainder in the fridge
  6. Cut shapes out with your chosen Halloween cutters and place onto the baking tray, leaving a gap between them in case they spread a little then place in the fridge for 20 minutes or freezer for 5 minutes.
  7. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until slightly golden around the edges. Leave on the tray to cool slightly and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely
  8. Once the cookies are cool, it’s time for the icing. For the ghosts, roll out white fondant icing to the thickness of a 2p coin, cut out the shapes using the same cookie cutter used for the cookies
  9. Damp one side of the icing with a dot of water and stick onto the cookies, you can do the same with orange fondant icing for the pumpkins, and black for the bats and cats
  10. Decorate with scary eyeballs and red food colouring for fangs

Get spooky with this fun Halloween cookies recipe. Naturally sweetened with maple sugar and maple syrup, these cinnamon cookies taste delicious and make the perfect snack for trick or treating.

If you like the look of these Halloween cookies, make sure to check out our other Halloween recipes.

The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers are not in any way responsible for the identification or presence of allergens in recipes or for the classification of any recipe as vegetarian or vegan.

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The colour and flavour of maple syrup changes in subtle ways during the seasonal harvest

At the start of the sugaring season, the syrup is generally clear, with a light, sweet taste. It becomes darker with a caramelised flavour as the season progresses throughout the spring.

An unopened can of maple syrup keeps for many years

Once the can is opened, syrup should be kept in an airtight container in a cool place.

Maple spread doesn't contain any butter or dairy products

Like all 100% pure maple products, maple spread comes from the sap of the maple tree — that’s all.

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