I was attracted to this recipe because of the very maple-y ingredient list. I was also intrigued because I'd never heard of maple sugar and was curious to try it. (I found the maple sugar at Whole Foods market, by the way. I also used real maple syrup, as the recipe instructed.) I was disappointed that the recipe said only to use the maple sugar for rolling the dough balls in, so instead of 1 cup of white sugar for the dough, I put 3/4 cup white sugar and 1/4 cup maple sugar. Despite that, there still wasn't enough maple flavor for my taste. If I hadn't made them myself, I wouldn't know there was maple syrup in there, let alone maple sugar. And the cookies were way too sweet for my taste. One reviewer suggested the addition of salt, which I think would help. The texture (crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside) was perfect, though, so I think I might try these again, next time with the salt, less white sugar, and more maple syrup. And less cinnamon, too; I think it overpowers the maple flavor.
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