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.

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.

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