homemade maple bars
My stepmom made these every Christmas, and they always went quickly. I've seen many recipes for Maple Bars that use biscuit dough rolled into bar shape. But these are made from a fresh soft dough and includes cinnamon (which you won't get using packaged biscuit dough). They're easy to make; the hardest part is probably waiting an hour for the dough to rise. Work fast when icing the cooled doughnuts, because the icing can set rather fast if it's allowed to sit for any length of time. If the icing starts to set too quickly in the pan, stir it occasionally with a wooden spoon.
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yield
12 (makes 1 dozen Maple Bar doughnuts)
prep time
2 Hr
cook time
8 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For homemade maple bars
- DOUGHNUTS
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1 1/2 cupsmilk
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1/3 cupshortening
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4 Tbspgranulated sugar
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2 tspsalt
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2 tspground cinnamon
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2 (1/4-oz) pkgactive dry yeast
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1/4 cupwarm tap water
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2 lgeggs, beaten
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4 1/2 cupsall-purpose flour
- MAPLE ICING
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1/3 cupunsalted butter
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1 cupbrown sugar, packed
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1/4 cupmilk
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1 cupconfectioners' sugar
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2 tspmaple extract
How To Make homemade maple bars
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1Lightly grease 15x10-inch jelly roll pan; set aside.
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2In a medium saucepan, scald milk. Stir in the shortening, sugar, salt and cinnamon, stirring until smooth. Let cool to lukewarm.
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3In a large bowl, dissolve both packages of yeast in the warm water. Add both eggs, and stir well. Stir the milk-cinnamon mixture into the yeast mixture.
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4Gradually add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon until all the flour is incorporated. Knead dough on a flat surface, adding up to 1/4 cup more flour if needed to reach a smooth dough (it shouldn't be sticky). Let rise for 1 hour.
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5Punch dough down. Then roll dough into a rectangle about 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick. Using a pizza cutter, cut the dough into 12 rectangles.
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6Place cut rectangles on greased jelly roll pan, and set aside for about 30 minutes to rise.
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7Preheat oven to 425°F.
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8Place baking pan in oven, and bake for 7 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned.
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9For Icing: In a saucepan, mix together the butter, brown sugar and milk. Bring to a soft boil, and then reduce heat to low and let simmer 3 minutes. Remove from heat and cool for 15 minutes.
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10Whisk in maple extract and confectioners' sugar until it reaches a smooth consistency. Add more confectioners' sugar, if needed, for consistency and sweetness.
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11Spread icing on top of cooled doughnuts, and let stand 15 minutes to allow icing to set.
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