Canadian Maple Leaves

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I make this often, i believe it came from an old good housekeeping magazine, judging from the cliping. Original recipe called for maple syrup or maple-flavor syrup. I've tried both. Use the real thing, the maple-flavored gives it hardly any flavor at all. Also, the cookies seem to ripen" after a couple of days. These are very good."

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Steps

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Into large bowl , measure all ingredients.

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With mixer on low speed , beat ingredients until well mixed , occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.

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Shape dough into ball.

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Wrap with plastic wrap.

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Refrigerate dough 1 hour or until easy to handle.

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Preheat oven to 350f.

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Grease large cookie sheet.

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On lightly floured surface , with lightly floured rolling pin , roll 1 / 3 of the dough at a time 1 / 8 inch thick , keeping remaining dough refrigerated.

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With floured 3 1 / 2 inch maple leaf shaped cookie cutter , cut dough into leaves.

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Place cookies 1 inch apart on greased cookie sheet bake 10 minutes or until golden.

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With pancake turner , carefully remove to wire racks to cool.

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Repeat until all dough is used , greasing cookie sheet each time.

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Store cookies in tightly covered container.

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Ingredients

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all-purpose flour, butter, light brown sugar, maple syrup, eggs, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt