Sourdough Maple Walnut Cookie Recipe
These delicate, tender cookies are studded with walnut pieces and drizzled with a maple icing. A great use of your sourdough discard!
Servings: 48 cookies
Calories: 109kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup sourdough starter discard room temperature
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon maple extract
- 2 ¼ cup all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cup roughly chopped walnuts
Maple Icing
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 3 Tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon water
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar on medium low speed until light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes.1 cup unsalted butter, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- Add in the sourdough starter, vanilla extract and maple extract and mix until combined.1/2 cup sourdough starter discard, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon maple extract
- Add in the flour, salt, and walnuts and mix.2 1/4 cup all purpose flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 1/2 cup roughly chopped walnuts
- Place a large sheet of plastic wrap on the counter and place the dough in a line down the center.
- Use the plastic wrap to roll/squeeze the dough into a log about 1.5" wide. (Rolling it like you are making a play dough worm helps!)
- Wrap the dough well in the plastic wrap and place in the fridge to chill for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Prepare two baking sheets by lining with parchment paper or a silpat mat.
- Unwrap the chilled dough and use a knife to cut 1/4" thick slices of dough.
- Place the slices 2" apart on the baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, until the edges are just starting to turn golden and the tops are firm.
- Allow to cool 10 minutes on the pan before moving to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- When the cookies are cool, mix together the ingredients for the icing until smooth and drizzle over the cookies.3/4 cup powdered sugar, 3 Tablespoons maple syrup, 1 teaspoon water
- Allow the cookies to sit on the wire rack for at least 30 minutes to allow the icing to set.
Notes
Store cookies in a covered container for 3-5 days at room temperature.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 109kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 14mg | Potassium: 31mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 119IU | Vitamin C: 0.05mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.4mg
