Skip the store and bake something at home instead. These easy desserts come together fast, taste better than the plastic-box ...

Makes about 32 sandwich cookies. Note: Maple syrup and hazelnuts are a flavorful match made in heaven. The maple caramel has plenty of uses on its own, including warmed as a topping for ice cream.

As far as store-bought snacks go, maple cream cookies are a very Canadian confection. First sold commercially by H.C. Doerr Company (now known as Dare) out of an Ontario grocery store in the late ...