These cookies are kissed with the warmth of maple and brown sugar and a hint of cinnamon. They are big and chewy and oh so good!
Sink your teeth into a nice chewy maple cinnamon cookie. The warm flavors of maple and cinnamon will dance across your taste buds and put on a smile on your face. These cookies are perfect for fall and are great on their own or with a bit of glaze.
I’ll also show you how to turn them into mummies for Halloween. They are versatile, timeless and delicious!
A Little Bit About the Chewy Maple Cinnamon Cookies:
These cookies are chewy and delicious!! They are kissed with that warmth of brown sugar and maple.
There is something about those flavors that taste like a warm hug! While maple syrup is actually more of a late winter early spring product, it still feels like fall to me.
I can’t be the only one, right? Anyway, I tossed in a little bit of cinnamon for good measure and it really all blended together so well.
The dough is really easy to make. Either start with super soft or melted and cooled butter and you can do it all in a bowl with a spatula.
Follow that up with a nice chill in the refrigerator and you will be ready to go in no time. I used my large cookie scoop to make the balls of dough.
Can I tell you a secret? I’ve broken every cookie scoop I’ve ever owned. Usually within the first couple of uses.
Not that OXO one! I’ve had it for at least a couple of years and it’s still ticking… and certainly not for lack of use!
No need to flatten the dough out. It they will do its thing in the oven and come out just perfect!
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They will flatten and puff up while baking. You will want to pull them while they are puffy and the edges are just starting to take on some color.
They will fall a bit as they cool and that is what gives you those slightly crisp edges and the perfectly chewy centers. SO GOOD!!
I was a little worried about throwing dough full of sticky maple syrup on the sheet with no parchment or anything, but they came right off!
The cookies really were great on their own. But you know me, I couldn’t resist the urge to throw some sort of frosting on these bad boys. So I whipped up a quick glaze.
I drizzled some back and forth over half the cookies and added eyes for quick and easy mummies. The rest got a quick schmear of glaze and a few sprinkles for a more all season feel.
I love to bake cookies and certainly don’t do it enough. I always think of monster cookies this time of year as they were a favorite after school snack and cinnamon brown sugar roll-out cookies are a great fall cookie was well.
If you are in the mood for bars instead, try making some maple syrup bars. Or some cinnamon snickerdoodle cookie bars.
Chewy Maple Cinnamon Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 1½ cups light brown sugar packed
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon maple extract
- 1 large egg
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Optional glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-3 Tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
- In a large bowl, stir together 1 cup unsalted butter, 1½ cups light brown sugar, ⅓ cup maple syrup, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ½ teaspoon maple extract, and 1 large egg until well mixed.
- In a separate bowl stir together the 3 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon until mixed and free of clumps.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until combined. Refrigerate for at least a half hour.*
- Preheat your oven to 375°F.
- Scoop 3 Tablespoons of dough (I use a large cookie scoop for this) at a time onto non-stick cookie sheets (or regular cookie sheets lined with parchment paper). Alternatively, roll about 3 Tablespoons of dough into a ball about the size of a golf ball and place on cookie sheets. Gently flatten with the palm of your hand or the bottom of a glass. Leave room between the cookies for additional spreading.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until the edges start to turn golden and the centers are puffed up.
- Cool completely on cookie sheet before removing. Repeat with remaining dough.
- If you want to glaze them, just mix together 1 cup powdered sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract and 2-3 Tablespoons heavy cream to make a thick glaze. Drizzle or spread as desired.1 cup powdered sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, 2-3 Tablespoons heavy cream
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I am a high school foods and nutrition teacher, for a fun Halloween lab I am having my students make these! I can’t wait to see how they turn out! Thank you for sharing your recipe, I am sure that it will be a hit!
How fun!! I hope everyone enjoys them.
Salted or Unsalted butter?
I usually use unsalted, but either will work.
The same exact thing happened to me!!
Not sure what I did wrong, but made two separate batches after the first batch did not spread/flatten and the second batch did the same thing. The flavor was excellent, but the cookies were more like mini hockey pucks. All ingredients were fresh and followed the directions exactly. Any advice would be great!
Oh no! I am so sorry that happened. It is hard to say what happened. The melting butter should have allowed them to spread. It sounds like they set up before they had the chance. Sometimes that happens to me when I bake frozen balls of dough, or possibly if you chilled them as scoops and the exterior dried out? I wish I could be more helpful.
These were a huge hit with my coworkers! Brought them in for a Halloween treat and people couldn't stop telling me how tasty they were. 🙂
Yay! I am so glad everyone liked them, thanks for letting me know! <3
Yay! I hope you love them!
These sound tasty!
Thank you!
During the season of pumpkin everything, it's great to find a recipe that has hints of fall that isn't pumpkin! 🙂 Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle, Carlee! Pinning.
Ha! That is true. I do enjoy pumpkin baked goods as well, but it does get a bit much sometimes!
Looks yummy! PINNED!
Thank you so much, Kelly!
What a great cause! Glad to read that your friends little one is a survivor!
These cookies sound fantastic, and my cookie friend that goes crazy for cinnamon will love when I bake these!
It is definitely scary and helpless to watch a little one fight like that. I can't imagine how I'd be if it were my own child fighting. I hope you love the cookies! The whole house smells amazing while they are baking!