Recipe

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• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 cups king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour
• sugar
• filling:
• 1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tbsp 2% milk
• 2 tbsp butter, softened
• 1/2 tsp maple flavoring

• 1 In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk. Gradually add flour and mix well.
• 2 Shape into 1-in. balls. Dip the tops in sugar. Place sugar side up 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a fork.
• 3 Bake at 325° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
• 4 In a small bowl. beat the filling ingredients until smooth. Spread on the bottoms of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Yield: about 3 dozen.