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\"\"<\/a>\"Blog6<\/a>You will rarely find me in the cookie aisle at the grocery store. Oh, believe me…I love store-bought cookies. Chips Ahoy are my favorite road food! Vanilla wafers make a lovely dessert crust. Ginger Snaps really call to me once in a while. However, for the most part I avoid the temptation because I know I can make a better quality cookie for less money.<\/p>\n

BUT<\/em> (you knew that was coming, right?) occasionally I just have to buy a package of those lovely maple leaf shaped cookies with maple frosting in the middle.<\/p>\n

I’ve posted my recipe for Maple Shortbread<\/a> before, and absolutely love those cookies, but this time I wanted to make a sandwich cookie with a sturdier dough since shortbread is a little fragile.\u00a0 My first batch was a flop. Too crispy and buttery, though definitely yummy (there were no complaints from the menfolk) but not what I was looking for.<\/p>\n

So I played with my shortbread dough a bit and think I have found a winner. I’ll never get the dense crunchy texture of the store bought variety, but this is very close, and satisfies my craving in a big way. The dough itself has a very mild maple flavor, with the frosting in the middle carrying the maple “punch”.<\/p>\n

I even thinned some of the dough and piped leaf veins on the top cookies. I love the look of it, and will probably play with the dough-on-dough decorating idea in the near future.<\/p>\n

\"Piping<\/a>

Piping dough accents.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Baked<\/a>

Baked and frosted.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Maple Leaf Sandwich Cookies<\/div>\n
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Author: The Rowdy Baker<\/span><\/div>\n
Makes about 18 sandwich cookies, depending on the size of your cookie cutter. Mine was approximately 3″ x 3″.<\/div>\n
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Ingredients<\/div>\n