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    Sugar Leaf Cookies

    by Lainey · Posted: Nov 16, 2013 · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    These Sugar Leaf Cookies are perfect to bake during Fall or Thanksgiving. All you need are 5 ingredients to make these easy and delicious Sugar Leaf cookie recipe! sugar leaf cookies for Fall

     

    Have you ever tried coloring rolled sugar cookies? The first time I tried was three days ago and I found it to be interesting.  Personally, I don’t like getting my hands dirty when I bake, but I thought it was be so cute to make leaf sugar cookies for fall!

    I took out my new gel food colorings and squirted some onto a chunk of refrigerated cookie dough and started kneading the cookie.  It was so hard, keep in mind that I love baking, but I’m learning as I go, so I wasn’t sure if I was doing it right. Eventually the dough turned into the color I was trying to get, but when it was time to roll out the dough, I didn’t do a very good job and the cookie actually reminded me of the cereal fruity pebbles. (Do you guys remember that cereal?)

    Anyway, below is my first batch of cookies.

    multi-colored sugar leaf cookies

    I love the color of the dough before it was placed into the oven, 2nd attempt. After it was baked in the oven – 2nd attempt.

     orange and yellow sugar leaf cookies

     

    Tips and Tricks for Making This Sugar Leaf Cookies Recipe: 

    • Use paste food coloring like what I did for brighter colored cookies. The paste food coloring also is easier to handle when mixing into the dough.
    • Before rolling out the dough in the wooden board, make sure to sprinkle all-purpose flour or flour cornstarch to prevent the dough from sticking into the wood board.
    • Decorating sugar leaf cookies is fun! You can drizzle edible glitters on top of each sugar leaf cookie for a more festive vibe.
    • Use maple leaf cookie cutter to achieve the Fall and Thanksgiving theme in your cookies.

    How to Make this Sugar Leaf Cookies Recipe:

    These are the ingredients you will need:

    • Refrigerated cookie dough
    • powdered sugar
    • red coloring
    • orange coloring
    • yellow coloring

    Before coloring the dough for the Sugar Leaf Cookies,  don’t forget to preheat oven to 350 F.

    Divide cookies into 3 equal parts and color the dough:

    coloring the cookie dough with yellow food color

    I used these Americolor food colors for this Sugar leaf Cookies:

    Americolor food coloring for sugar leaf cookies

    Here they are! Ready to become edible and delicious Sugar Leaf Cookies! After coloring dough, secure with saran wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes:

    colored sugar leaf cookie dough in small bowls

    Put each color side by side in order to form a bigger dough. Flatten the dough with a rolling pin and cut the dough with cookie cutters:

    putting together the colored cookie dough using the hands

    Use your imagination in combining the colors of the Sugar leaf Cookies:

    flattened colorful sugar leaf cookie dough on a wooden board

    You can find many designs of leaf cookie cutters in baking supply shops and even in grocery shops. These are what I used:

    cookie cutters used for the sugar leaf cookies

    Press onto the cookie dough and make as many Sugar Leaf cookies as you can with the colorful dough:

    cutting leaf shapes out of the colorful cookie dough

    These cute and colorful Sugar leaf Cookies are ready to be baked!

    ready to bake sugar leaf cookies

    After 8 minutes, check if the cookies are done and if so, take out from the oven and cool them completely in a cooling rack:

    freshly baked sugar leaf cookies on a cookie rack

    These Sugar leaf Cookies are not just pretty but they are delicious! They are perfect to bake during the Fall season like when you are having a Fall theme party.

    Frequently Asked Questions for the Sugar Leaf Cookies Recipe:

    Q: Can you freeze these cookies after baking?

    A: Yes for sure. Thaw properly at room temperature before serving it for at least an hour.

    Q: How can I decorate Sugar leaf cookies?

    A: You can make sugar glazes and drizzle on top of each cookie and sprinkle with edible glitters.

    Q: How can I keep these cookies fresh for a longer time?

    A: After cooling them completely, store in an airtight container and keep away from moist areas.


    More fun cookie recipes you can try:

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    • DAIRY FREE Snickerdoodle Cookies
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    • Brownie Meringue Cookies | 5 Ingredients ONLY
    • Oreo Cheesecake Cookies
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    Sugar Leaf Cookies

    Make cute and colorful Thanksgiving cookies like these Sugar Leaf Cookies with just 5 ingredients!
    Author: Lainey

    Ingredients

    • Refrigerated cookie dough
    • ⅓ cup powdered sugar
    • red coloring
    • orange coloring
    • yellow coloring

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350 F
    • Divide cookies into 3 equal parts and color the dough
    • After coloring dough, saran wrap it and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
    • Divide each dough colors into 1 cm balls and then roll into one large ball.
    • Flatten the dough with a rolling pin and cut the dough with cookie cutters
    • Bake for 5-8 minutes.
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    1. Carlee says

      November 28, 2018 at 10:25 am

      Great recipe! Keep it up!

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