Ingredients (Makes 1 wreath or about 12 cookies)

250 ml (1 cup) maple syrup
125 ml (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
3 ml (1/2 tsp.) baking soda
3 ml (1/2 tsp.) salt
1 egg, beaten
625 ml (2 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour
Maple sugar or maple candy for decoration
Cake gel, icing, candy of your choice to decorate with

Method

1. Butter a 2-L (8 cup) glass bowl.

2. Pour into it maple syrup and butter and melt in the microwave oven on high for 6 minutes.

3. Remove from oven, add baking soda and salt, mix and cool.

4. Pour mixture into a mixing bowl, add egg and flour, a little at a time, and mix until you obtain a ball of dough.

5. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1.5 hrs.
6. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).

Wreath
1. On a floured surface, knead dough to a 30 cm (12”) diameter circle with a 0.6 cm (1/4”) thickness.

2. In the centre, cut a 20 cm (8”) circle.

3. From the removed dough, cut out various-size stars using a cookie cutter.

4. Place the wreath and stars on a baking sheet and bake in top of oven for 15 minutes.

5. Cool before decorating.

6. Stick stars to wreath using icing.

Garland
1. On a floured surface, knead dough to a 30 cm (12”) diameter circle with a 0.6 cm (1/4”) thickness.

2. Using a variety of cookie cutters, make cookies.

3. Place on a cookie sheet, prick two holes in each cookie and bake in top of oven for about 12 minutes.

4. Cool before decorating.

5. Thread a ribbon through the holes to make a cookie garland.