Our Best Maple Recipes

Puddings Chômeur

Rich, sticky, and maple syrup-coated, Quebec’s pudding chômeur creates decadence from common ingredients,

Maple-Whiskey Pudding Cakes

These individual desserts bake up with a gooey sauce beneath a layer of rich, tender cake. We tried a few different types of whiskey here: our favorites were Jameson for its clean, bright flavor and Rittenhouse rye for its spicy depth. This recipe can

Maple–Browned Butter Pie

Sweet and rich maple custard filling, cut with a hit of apple cider vinegar, and embedded in a nutty whole wheat crust.

Tangy Maple Whipped Cream

Maple-Glazed Hermits with Cranberries

Hermits are quintessential New England cookies, and there are many variations. Some are heavy with molasses while others, like ours, are richly spiced. But all hermits are moist and chewy. They're often baked as bar cookies, but we liked ours shaped i

Toasted Oat and Maple Scones

These hearty scones get deep, sweet flavor by coating rolled oats in maple syrup before toasting them, resulting in amplified nuttiness and crunch. Processing a portion of the oat mixture with the other dry ingredients distributes the flavor and textu

By Rose HattabaughSeptember 10, 2024

Glazed Maple–Whole Wheat Muffins

These two-grain, maple-sweetened breakfast treats were inspired by muffins baked by Friend of Milk Street Briana Holt at Tandem Bakery + Coffee in Portland, Maine. The smoky, caramel notes of pure maple syrup accentuate the nuttiness of whole-wheat fl

By Diane UngerJanuary 28, 2021

Carrots with Maple and Cider Vinegar

These self-saucing carrots celebrate the simple beauty of the vegetable.

By Diane UngerAugust 5, 2019

Maple and Miso-Glazed Broiled Tofu

In this sweet-spicy tofu dish, a mixture of maple syrup, Sriracha, miso and sesame oil does triple-duty—first as a marinade for the tofu, then as a basting liquid and finally, thinned with a little water, as an umami-rich serving sauce. Pressing the p

By Rose HattabaughOctober 17, 2023

Maple and Soy–Glazed Chicken Skewers

For these savory-sweet chicken skewers loosely based on Japanese yakitori, we layer on the flavors—first as a quick marinade for the chicken, then as a basting sauce and finally as a finishing sauce. The final coating helps the sesame seeds or scallio

By Julia RackowAugust 26, 2020

Baked Sweet Potatoes with Maple Crème Fraîche

Using a combination of creamy kefir and crème fraîche, caramelized butter, umami-rich fish sauce, crunchy peanuts, and fresh scallions, this typically one-note dish is transformed into a dinner table standout.

Roasted Fennel with Capers and Olives

Roasting brings out the sweetness of fresh fennel and red onion and renders them supple and tender. We add capers and pitted olives to the baking sheet partway through roasting—the capers offer crisp pops of briny flavor and the olives become meaty an

By Courtney HillOctober 13, 2020