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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> UK >> Scottish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Maple butter: In a small saucepan, bring the maple syrup to a boil and reduce by half (this should take about 15 minutes) Remove from heat and let it stand at room temp. | 2. When it is cool, add the butter and stir or gently whisk until well blended. | 3. Place in frigde until firm. | 4. This makes about 3/4 cup. | 5. Shortbread: In a food processor or blender, combine the maple butter, flour and salt. | 6. Use the pulse setting to combine well the ingredients. | 7. Take it out of the blender/food processor and shape it into a ball. | 8. Flatten it to a disc shape. | 9. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until well chilled. | 10. Preheat oven to 350F and position rack to centre of oven. | 11. Remove dough from the fridge and roll it out to about 1/4 inch thickness. | 12. Cut dough into desired shapes (I use a maple leaf shaped cookie cutter... very Canadian, eh?) Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheet and bake until slightly golden brown (about 10-15 min, depending on your oven). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
maple syrup	2/3	cup		546.0	140.784	0.084	0.126
butter	1	cup		1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
butter	3/4	cup		1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
flour	2	cups		1156.56	253.2108	18.802	4.4872
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.