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    Published on: April 27, 2011 by Janice; Updated on: October 8, 2021 21 Comments

    Maple mousse in maple cookie cups

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    This maple mousse was so good, that when I was done filling the pre-baked maple cookie cups, I piped the rest straight into my mouth while standing in the kitchen. I'm a big fan of eating straight out of the Kitchenaid mixer bowl with a small, dainty spoon, personally. In fact, I think it's the first time that I've ever piped anything straight into my mouth. The maple mousse was that good.

    Maple mousse in maple cookie cups with maple leaf shaped cookie garnish on top
     

    Maple is one of my favourite flavours, and maple syrup is actually produced locally in most parts of Quebec (bonus). The image of me piping maple mousse into my mouth probably would not surprise anybody who knows me. After all, I will forever be remembered as the girl who at an entire maple syrup pie after having consumed a sugar shack meal smothered in maple syrup.

    The funny thing about maple syrup is that it has a very sweet, earthy flavour that reminds me of fall, yet it is solely produced in spring in this area. Maple syrup is made from the sap of the maple tree. In spring, the sap rushes up from the roots to feed the budding branches that swayed dormant all winter. The flavour of the syrup (the concentrated sap) reflects its origins, with woodsy, earthy notes. Maple syrup is heaven if you ask me. I love it so much, if ever I had to move somewhere without it, I would oblige friends and family to ship it to me periodically.

     
     

    For this challenge, I paired the maple mousse with slightly salty maple cookie cups. I made the cookie cups by baking the cookies over an inverted mini-muffin tray (two cookies per cup). The slight saltiness of the cookie really adds to the dessert. The cookie recipe is tweaked from Martha Stewart, and the maple mousse, from the Daring Kitchen. I let the cookies brown in the oven to bring out the nutty flavors of the butter and also to provide a better contrast with the pale maple mousse. If the combination of maple cookies with maple mousse seem like too much too you, I'd make chocolate cookie cups to pair with the maple mousse. The bitterness of the cocoa would provide a nice contrast for the sweet maple mousse. Of course, since I am a lover of all things maple, the more maple, the better.

    Turn maple cookies into cookie cups by baking the cutout shapes of cookie dough over inverted muffin pans to make a cup shape that you can fill with maple mousse.

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    5 from 2 votes

    Maple mousse

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    Maple mousse makes a great filling for tarts and also a great dessert to serve in jars with crumbled cookies on top
    Course Dessert
    Prep Time 30 minutes
    Cook Time 5 minutes
    Total Time 35 minutes
    Servings 8
    Author Janice

    Ingredients

    • 240 mL pure maple syrup 1 cup, I used medium grade maple syrup
    • 4 large egg yolks
    • 1 packet Knox unflavoured gelatin powder ~ 2.5 tsp
    • 60 mL skim milk (fat free) ¼ cup
    • 360 mL whipping cream (35 % fat) 1 ½ cups

    Instructions

    • Bring the maple syrup to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
    • To a bowl containing the egg yolks, slowly add a few spoonfuls of the boiled syrup while whisking constantly (this is to temper the eggs). Then add the tempered egg mixture to the saucepan, whisking constantly to heat through without cooking the egg yolks. Set aside for later.
    • Pour the skim milk into a small heatproof bowl and sprinkle the gelatin on top. Let stand for 5 minutes to bloom.
    • Place the bowl of bloomed gelatin over a pan of simmering water and gently heat to dissolve. Add the dissolved gelatin mixture to the syrupy-egg mixture and stir to combine. Set aside.
    • Whip the cream to stiff peaks, then take a few scoops of the whipped cream and add it to the syrupy-egg mixture (to lighten it before mixing with the cream). Now add that lightened syrupy-egg mixture to the whipped cream, and fold to combine. Don’t worry if you have to be a little rough. You want the mousse mix to be smooth and light.
    • Chill for 1.5 hours until set enough to pipe into your edible cookie cups.
    Tried this recipe?Mention @bakesomethingawesome or tag #bakesomethingawesome!

     

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    Comments

    1. Lizzy says

      April 27, 2011 at 2:47 pm

      BEAUTIFUL job! I love that you made maple leaf cut outs, too!!!

      Reply
    2. Evan Thomas says

      April 27, 2011 at 5:46 pm

      Beautiful presentation! Truly unique

      Reply
    3. Cooking Rookie says

      April 27, 2011 at 5:01 pm

      What a beautiful idea to make maple leaf baskets for the maple mousse! Great work on the challenge!
      I need to start writing my post too 🙂

      Reply
    4. Spice Sherpa says

      April 27, 2011 at 5:26 pm

      I share your love obsession with maple. Mine is only matched by my love for pumpkin which hits in September. Both are great canvases for an array of spices. Fabulous creativity for the cookie cups!

      Reply
    5. Wilde in the Kitchen says

      April 27, 2011 at 5:46 pm

      Fantastic job on this challenge, I love your edible container! It's so cute!

      Reply
    6. Nachiketa says

      April 27, 2011 at 7:21 pm

      Lovely presentation of edible containers...

      Cheers,

      Reply
    7. Eileen says

      April 27, 2011 at 11:33 pm

      Beautiful! Love your creativity...

      Reply
    8. Anonymous says

      April 28, 2011 at 2:41 pm

      The pictures definately help. Can't wait to make it for a potluck next week!

      Reply
    9. Anonymous says

      April 28, 2011 at 3:14 pm

      My only problem is that half the recipe is Imperial and half is metric measurements.....should be all of one or the other.

      Reply
    10. Jan says

      April 28, 2011 at 4:58 pm

      @Anonymous That is a very good point! I will update that tonight.

      Reply
    11. Carolyn says

      April 28, 2011 at 10:16 pm

      Okay, love how you did the edible container! I heart all things maple too, and back in the fall, I made maple creme sandwich cookies, tribute to my homeland (I'm a Canuck expat in Boston).

      Reply
    12. briarrose says

      April 29, 2011 at 12:28 am

      Amazing job on these....fabulous container.

      Reply
    13. thefooddoctor says

      April 29, 2011 at 6:41 am

      You did an amazing job on this challenge..
      those maple cookies look supper delicious..congrats on the food buzz top 9...well deserved

      Reply
    14. Gwenevere says

      April 29, 2011 at 9:27 am

      Oh come on now, weddings are about compromise. Surely you could reserve 1 layer of your Royal Wedding cake to fruit! 😉

      Reply
    15. [email protected] says

      April 29, 2011 at 6:03 pm

      wow these look amazing! great job~I found you through foodbuzz 9 🙂

      Reply
    16. Anonymous says

      May 17, 2011 at 6:09 am

      Looks amazing!! Can you tell me where to find that fabric??? I'm trying to redo my kitchen and I would LOVE to have that bring some blues into it...

      Reply
    17. [email protected] says

      May 17, 2011 at 11:33 am

      I was unable to participate in last month's challenge. These look amazing! Your edible cups turned out very pretty and I love the leaf decoration. I just noticed from the other comments that it made Foodbuzz Top 9. Congrats! Well deserved.

      Reply
    18. Jan says

      May 18, 2011 at 1:06 pm

      Thank you all for the lovely comments! I appreciate the support 🙂 And for those wondering about the fabric, I got it at a Fabricville store in Montreal. I found it in the sale section.

      Reply
    19. Julia says

      June 14, 2011 at 1:50 am

      What a neat recipe - I love love love how you made the maple cookie cups and will definitely be trying this out, not just with the maple mousse but lots of other recipe ideas. 🙂

      Reply
    20. Dan says

      November 23, 2017 at 8:54 pm

      I made this mousse and used it as part of a trifle with caramelized apples and spice cake. It received rave reviews.

      Reply
      • Janice says

        November 26, 2017 at 9:47 pm

        That sounds amazing! What a great way to use the maple mousse! I will have to try that someday 😉

        Reply

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