Maple Cookie Sandwiches with Lemon Butter Cream Filling

THESE ARE SOFT COOKIES THAT WOULD BE TASTY ALL ON THEIR OWN, BUT COMBINED WITH THE LEMON FILLING THEY TAKE ON A ZINGY FLAVOUR. GREAT WITH TEA.
{Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters}

Maple Cookies:
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1/2 t salt
1/2 t baking soda
1 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
2 t maple extract (optional)

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Sift dry ingredients together. Mix wet ingredients until smooth. Combine all.
3. Chill batter until easy to work with. Roll batter into small balls and place them onto a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper, allowing enough room on the cookie sheet for them to expand. Bake for 18 minutes.

{Makes 50 small cookies OR 25 cookie sandwiches}

Lemon Cream Filling
Ingredients:
2 cups confectioner's sugar
1/8 t salt
1/2 cup butter
3 t grated lemon zest
4 t lemon juice

Instructions:
1. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl. Add butter. Add zest and lemon juice until a cream forms.
2. Place 1 T of filling in between two cookies and enjoy.

NOTE: Fill the cookies just before serving and keep extra filling in the fridge.