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Ingredients
- Makes a bunch - depends on what shapes and sizes you choose
- Ingredients
- 2 sticks organic butter
- 1/4 cup cane sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup pure maple syrup (the darker the better)
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract (optional - it was not in Maggie's recipe)
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 3 cups organic unbleached white flour
- 3/4 tsp rice flour
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