These easy drop cookies go together quickly and bake in a flash. Prepare the maple frosting as the cookies bake and you will have a tasty batch of homemade cookies in no time.
Pancake Cookie Recipe
Yield: approximately 24 cookies
Ingredients:
¾ cup granulated sugar
½ cup butter, softened
1 large egg
¼ cup milk
1 teaspoon maple flavoring
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Combine butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Mix at medium speed until creamy.
Add egg, milk and maple flavoring. Continue mixing until all ingredients are combined. Scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary.
Add remaining ingredients and stir with a large spoon. Stir until the ingredients are well combined.
Drop tablespoonfuls of the dough on an ungreased cookie sheet. Space the cookies about an inch apart. Use a damp fingertip to smooth tops of the cookies.
Bake until the cookies are lightly browned, about eight minutes.
Maple Buttercream Frosting
The maple buttercream frosting yields more than enough to top twenty four cookies, but it stores well. Transfer remaining frosting to a zip top freezer bag and freeze for future use.
Maple Buttercream Frosting Recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup powdered sugar
¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon maple flavoring
Water or milk
Directions:
Combine the powdered sugar, butter and maple flavoring in a large mixing bowl. Use an electric mixer on low speed to blend the ingredients. Mix in one tablespoon of water or milk. The icing should be light and fluffy. If not, continue mixing and add an additional spoonful of water or milk.
Transfer about a third of the maple buttercream frosting to a microwave-safe container. Microwave until the icing softens, about five to ten seconds. Use a butter knife or spatula to top cooled cookies with a layer of maple frosting.
Bacon Pancake Cookies:
Cook three or four slices of thick-cut bacon until crisp. Drain cooked bacon on paper towels. Remove the fat and coarsely crumble the bacon. Frost the cookies with maple buttercream and generously sprinkle with bacon.
Pecan Pancake Cookies:
Frost pancake cookies and top with ¼ cup chopped pecans.
Making cookies-on-a-stick at home is an affordable alternative to buying cookie bouquets. The Wilton heart cookie pan makes it easy to bake a bouquet of cookie pops, but there are some important considerations.
Although I have had the heart cookie pans for a couple of years or so, I forgot the instructions because I had not used the pan in a while. (The instructions are not difficult, but they are not second-nature for me.) After overfilling the pan and bumping two of the cookies with a pot holder, I remembered the lessons learned from previous batches.
Overall, the cookies were beautiful and tasty. Get all the details and decorating ideas by reading the full product review on Examiner.com.
I am not sure who is currently selling these pans locally, but Hobby Lobby, Joann's and Michael's may have them. Wilton also sells them online. Here is a link to purchase the heart cookie pan from Amazon.com. They have a 4-for-3 promotion where certain home products are on sale.
The usual health concern over consuming raw cookie dough is due to the potential risk of illness from raw eggs tainted with Salmonella, but E. coli is not a common concern. Since it is found in the intestine, E. coli is usually associated with meat products.
At this time, the E. coli strain that sickened 66 people has not been detected in Nestle’s cookie dough. They are recalling the product as a precautionary measure. I used a giant tube of Nestle chocolate chip cookie to make my cookie sandwiches at the end of May. I did not eat the raw dough, but I had extensive contact with it since I hand-shaped numerous cookies from the raw dough. I did not have any problems whatsoever.
So what caused the multistate outbreak of E. coli? Perhaps it was tainted water or animal (pest) activity. We will have to wait and find out. In the meantime, it is yet another reminder about vulnerabilities and hazards in our food supply in general.
The new movie Food, Inc. is rallying people to demand changes in legislation and the food industry. I have not seen Food, Inc. because I already live on a very limited -not necessarily healthy, but limited diet. I am running out of food choices and I think the expose style of this movie may be the final straw for me. I would be reduced to eating wild dandelions. However, I agree with the basic ideals Food, Inc. supports.
Concerns about genetic engineering, cloning, farm worker safety, pesticides and healthy foods are among some of the issues raised in the film. Check out their blog and the petition for changes in school cafeterias.
