Maple Oatmeal Cookies

I found this recipe in the most recent Martha Stewart Everyday Food magazine.  I actually had some pure maple syrup in the refrigerator that needed to be used up, so I thought I’d give this a try.  These cookies were very easy to put together

Maple Oatmeal Cookies

3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats

1 cup flour

1 t salt

1/4 t baking soda

3/4 cup butter, room temp

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1/4 cup pure maple syrup

1 egg

1 t vanilla extract

1/8 cup water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a medium bowl, stir together oats, flour, salt and baking soda.  In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars on high until pale and fluffy, 3 minutes.  Beat in maple syrup, egg, vanilla and 1/8 cup of water, scraping down bowl as needed.  With mixer on low, beat in oat mixture in 2 additions until just combined.  Drop dough in rounded teaspoons, 2 inches apart onto sprayed baking sheets.  Bake until edges are golden, about 11 minutes.  Let cookies cool on sheets until set, about 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.