Nutmeg Maple Butter Cookies

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• Ingredients
• unsalted butter
• sugar
• maple syrup
• 1 egg yolk
• flour
• nutmeg
• sea salt
• Recipe
• 1 cup unsalted butter (225g), (2 sticks), at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar (210g)
• ¹/₂ cup maple syrup (240g), (Grade B, if possible)
• 1 egg yolk
• 3 cups flour (384g)
• ¹/₄ tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp sea salt
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. With mixer running, add yolk and slowly drizzle in maple syrup. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, nutmeg and salt. Add to butter mixture and mix until just combined. The dough will be in loose clumps. Gather them together into a tight packet with a large piece of plastic wrap and chill dough for at least two hours (and up to four days) until firm.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a few baking sheets with parchment paper. On a floured counter, roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness and cut into desired shapes.
• Arrange cookies on baking sheets and bake for 8 to 11 minutes each, or until lightly golden at the edges. Transfer to racks to cool. Cookies keep in airtight containers for a week, or in the freezer.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a few baking sheets with parchment paper. On a floured counter, roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness and cut into desired shapes.