Soft Maple Cookies with Maple Glaze - The Recipe Rebel (2024)

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What does maple syrup do in baking? ›

Maple syrup will add moisture to the recipe, so reduce other liquids to accommodate for the hydration. When it comes to stove top cooking, maple syrup amplifies dishes by balancing flavors with a robust sweetness.

Use honey in recipes that should have a soft, cake-like texture (like coffee cakes). Maple syrup has a beautifully thick consistency and an earthy sweetness. Like honey, maple doesn't "cream" into a recipe the way granulated sugar does. It's also expensive.

To replace white sugar with maple syrup in general cooking, it is ideal to use ¾ cup of maple syrup for every one cup of sugar. When it comes to baking, that same amount is used but also be sure to reduce the amount of overall liquid in the recipe by about three tablespoons for each cup of maple syrup substituted.

It's uses only three ingredients: confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla (see notes below regarding choosing vanilla). It's incredibly versatile and works on everything from cookies and cakes to scones and loaf cakes. It is beautifully thick and does really nice drips down the sides of your baked goods.

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The Difference Between Royal Icing and Glaze Icing

The main difference between the two icings is that glaze doesn't contain meringue powder like royal icing does. It consists of powdered sugar, water, corn syrup, and (here's why Cameo's looks so good...) AmeriColor Bright White.

Maple syrup and maple sugar bake up very similarly to cane sugar. For the simplest substitution, use maple syrup for oil-based cakes and maple sugar for butter-based cakes. However, both can work in any recipe to replace sugar.

Maple syrup is a healthier alternative to sugar. Maple syrups are not processed like the other kind of sweeteners we use in our daily life, so it still contains most nutrients from their natural state. The less someone changes an ingredient's original form, the more nutritional value will be kept.

To substitute maple syrup in a cookie recipe, honey, corn syrup, golden syrup, and coconut nectar are all great options. With these options, you can substitute at a 1 to 1 ratio and won't need to adjust the other ingredients in your recipe.

Benefits of maple syrup

Pure maple syrup is not only high in antioxidants, but every spoonful offers nutrients like riboflavin, zinc, magnesium, calcium, and potassium. Oxidative damage, which is caused by free radicals, is believed to be among the mechanisms behind aging and many diseases.