French Toast Cookies
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French Toast Cookies are soft and chewy cookies with flavors of vanilla and maple just like your favorite French toast sticks!
Every fall I start making a list of all the cookies and side dishes I want to make for the holidays. I find recipes for all of them and then narrow it down to a few favorites.
A month or two before the actual holiday I start recipe testing. I make a few small batches of cookies, a few desserts, and test out a few side dishes. Only my very favorite ones will make the cut!
My favorite recipes to test are the cookie recipes. I usually make each one twice because I’ve found that the temperature of the butter or the type of pan can affect how they turn out and I want to make sure that I really like the cookie.
Some of my favorite easy to make holiday cookies are these rich Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies and these spiced Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Cookies. If you are looking for something a little fancier these Cranberry Bliss Bars are one cookie that I make over and over again every year.
This year I was excited to test these French Toast Cookies. They have corn syrup in them which I found to be unusual and I wondered how it would react in the recipe. It also calls for maple extract and vanilla extract (I used Adams Best Twice as Strong Vanilla for that extra vanilla flavor) which is where a lot of the flavor comes from.
I mixed up the dough and placed the cookies on my Anolon Advanced Cookie Sheet with Silicone Grips because it makes the cookies easy to put in and take out of the oven. The grips ensure that I don’t stick my pot holder into the cookies or that the pan slips out of my grasp.
As these cookies baked it smelled like I was baking something with syrup. When I took them out I could just tell they were going to be chewy. I think that the corn syrup must help with the chewiness of these cookies.
The first bite tasted like maple and vanilla and spices. It was warm and chewy and I could totally tell they were supposed to taste like French Toast. I actually ended up eating 3 of these cookies which is a lot for me so you know they have to be good!
I’m definitely making these for Christmas and you should too! They are easy to make and the flavor is hard to beat.
Pro Tips & Substitutions:
- If you don’t have maple extract (I didn’t) you can substitute a tablespoon of maple syrup instead.
- Make sure to let the cookies sit for the 2 minutes before removing them from the cookie sheet because they are actually still baking while they sit on the pan.
- If you are into spices you can add cinnamon or cardamom to the sugar that you are rolling the dough in for added spice.
French Toast Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 c. 1 stick butter
- 1/4 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 c. light corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons maple extract or 1 Tablespoon maple syrup
- 2 1/2 c. flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar.
- Add in the egg, corn syrup, vanilla, and maple and mix well until combined.
- In a medium bowl combine the cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt. Mix well.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until a dough forms.
- Roll dough balls that are one and a half inches in diameter and roll in the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar. Place them on a cookie sheet at least 2 inches apart.
- Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes or until the look set. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 1-2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
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- New York-Style Black & Whites by Kate’s Recipe Box
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- Pepparkakor by That Recipe
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These are really good, but add cream cheese baking chips and they taste just like the French toast cookies at Walmart, which are amazing!
Yum! Great idea to add the cream cheese baking chips, I LOVE them!
Oh my. These look super scrumptious! And sound divine. I love me some French toast but never thought about a cookie.
Love a good, soft, chewy and flavorful cookie like this!
I love the idea of pre-making a list of cooking and baking. And I could so eat these for breakfast with a cup of coffee 🙂
A soft cookie with maple flavor sounds so good!
This is the kind of cookie I want to devour! I can tell just by looking at its texture! YUM!
I’ll have a cup of tea and some of these cookies please!
I’ll have a cup of tea and some of these cookies please!
These are on my list to make and now I know I have to make them. They look so good!
Cookies with my coffee for breakfast…..THAT’s what I’m talking about!!
My favorite breakfast in cookie form! Yes, please!