Maple butter biscuits make the perfect homemade gift to share at Christmas and what’s better is that the sweet biscuit is quick and easy to make.
Another few favourite Christmas cookies include our Walnut Biscuits With Brown Sugar or Ginger Cookies With Chocolate Chips and of course our Best Ever Gingerbread Biscuits.
Quick look at Maple Butter Biscuits
- ⏲️ 15 mins hands-on time.
- 🛒 Ingredients: Just 5!
- 🍽️ Makes: 24 biscuits.
- 🧑🍳 Difficulty: Easy - kid-friendly recipe.
- 🗃️ Make ahead: Up to a week in an airtight container or freeze. Dough can be made months in advance and frozen before baking.
Did you know that with most biscuit doughs, you can make them ahead of time and freeze them then just defrost, bake and eat/gift?
Just pop the dough on a piece of plastic wrap, flatten into a disc and wrap them freeze. If it's a dough that you roll in balls before baking, you can roll in balls before freezing.
I write the name and baking instructions on the outside.
Pretty awesome isn’t it?
Today’s recipe – Maple biscuits are easy, tasty and quick to make – perfect for Christmas gift giving AND you can make the dough ahead of time and freeze it.
The best part is most yummy biscuits take less than 12 minutes in the oven so you can be eating fresh biscuits not long after you have the thought of them.
It also means you always have emergency gifts on hand as long as you keep a little supply of wrapping like cellophane bags (my favourite!) and string.
I usually either make a double batch or freeze half whenever I make biscuits so it’s no extra work but means bonus biscuits.
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Recipe Ingredients
To make these delicious homemade biscuits you will need:
- Butter, room temperature - the real stuff wrapped in foil not the tub butter.
- Vanilla extract - I make my own vanilla extract from vanilla beans & alcohol
- Pure Maple syrup - real maple syrup not maple flavor syrup
- Plain flour - aka all purpose flour
- Cornflour - aka cornstarch
Butter Softening Tip
If you don't have time to bring your cold butter to room temperature, grate it with a cheese grater. It makes it the perfect consistency.
How to Make Maple Butter Biscuits
Step 1 - Beat the butter, extract and maple syrup in the bowl of an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Step 2 - Make sure you really beat it well for light and flaky biscuits then scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Step 3 - Stir through the sifted flours until it forms a shaggy dough.
Step 4 - Scrape down the sides of the bowl again.
Step 5 - Using a teaspoon of mixture at a time, roll dough into balls.
Step 6 - Flatten the biscuits either with your fingers or a floured fork and place on a lined cookie sheet leaving at least 2cm between each one.
Step 7 - Bake cookies 12-15 minutes and let the warm biscuits cool on the trays for 5 minutes. They won't turn golden brown like other cookie recipes - you're going for texture rather than colour.
Step 8 - Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely then store in an airtight container.
A little word of warning – when you whip the butter and maple syrup together you will create a pretty irresistible looking spread.
I recommend eating before you make these so as to avoid grabbing something (a lemonade scone or crumpet would be rather nice) and spreading it with the maple butter.
Mmm butter…
Sorry I digress.
My brain is split in a million pieces at the moment with crazy Christmas prep. Is it just me?
Recipe FAQs
Nope this is definitely not one you can roll out with a rolling pin and cut with cookie cutters.
It's a very light buttery dough.
Maple sugar is made by boiling maple syrup until it forms granulated crystals - aka until the liquid evaporates.
I think that using maple sugar would change the consistency of the sweet treat too much so nope, stick with maple syrup.
Enjoy!
What about you?
Have you ever frozen biscuit dough?
Recipe
Maple Butter Biscuits
Ingredients
- 125 g 4.4oz butter, softened
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- ¾ cup plain AP flour
- ¼ cup cornflour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160C (350F) fan-forced. Grease two oven trays and line with baking paper.
- Beat the butter, extract and maple syrup in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Stir through the sifted flours.
- Using a teaspoon of dough at a time, roll the mixture into balls, flatten and place on the tray leaving 2cm between each one.
- Bake cookies about 15 minutes and cool on the trays.
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
I often freeze it but I would call it cookie dough. A full recipe is always too much so I just freeze the dough. I have a small oven and ONE rack so a full batch takes forever.
Claire says
That's exactly my issue Maureen! Plus I love having some extra dough in the freezer.
Hotly Spiced says
I enjoy making shortbread every Christmas. I've never made maple butter biscuits though. Quick question - does the dough behave like shortbread do as in, can it be rolled and can you make Christmasy shapes like angels, trees, stars etc? xx
Claire says
Hmm it does hold its shape reasonably well and the first time I made them I used a cookie press so I would say it should work x
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PamG says
Since I am gluten free I'm wondering if I need to add the corn flour separately - my mix may contain it already - I can't recall.... This looks amazingly delicious - although you got me - us "Yanks" don't call cookies biscuits.....
Pam
Claire says
I'm not 100% sure on that one sorry Pam. Only thing to do would be to give it a go and see. Fingers crossed! Haha yes the cookie/biscuit thing gets a bit confusing doesn't it?
Chris Scheuer says
You are amazingly organized Claire, to have made these back in August, wow! They look wonderful and so festive! Enjoy those two babies while you can, they'll grow up way too fast!
Claire says
Well I wanted to be nice and organised so I could make the most of baby time :-)
Jess says
You're so organized - I've been so impressed with how much wonderful content you've been posting in what is surely a wildly busy time! I love "past" and "present" you and so looking forward to continuing to follow along, especially with the Christmas content. Love, love those Christmas cookies!
Claire says
Haha don't be deceived Jess, most of it I wrote before Cooper was born and had it scheduled ready to go!