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These sugar cookies will definitely be making it to our Thanksgiving get-together. Because they can be prepared in advance and standing out from the thirty or so other things on the menu. But in either case, sugar cookie go very well with coffee or tea, so it’s no problem having them all year around, just as long as there’s portion control. 🙂

Autumn Sugar Cookies

As Thanksgiving is approaching, I will be sharing more of likewise recipes. As you probably know it, my family goes all out for any gathering, so a variety foods is the norm.

Other Cookies to Try:

Recipe

Leaf shaped cookies on a plate and on table napkins

Autumn Sugar Cookies

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Servings
40 Units
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 45 mins
The perfect Sugar cookies that you can sue for any special event.

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Combine flour, cacao powder, baking powder and salt in a bowl, set aside.
    Ingredients on table include; butter, sugar in a bowl, an egg, and vanilla extract
  • Beat butter, sugar, vanilla extract and egg in a bowl of an electric mixer on medium-high, until smooth.
    Butter, egg, sugar, and vanilla extract being beta in a KitchenAid mixer
  • Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. 
    Flour being mixed into the butter and sugar mixture in the KitchenAid
  • Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap, let it chill in a refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
    Dough on a floured cutting board
  • Roll out the dough on a floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Cut shapes and place on lined baking sheets.
    Cookie dough cut into leaf shapes and placed on a baking sheet that is lined with parchment paper
  • Preheat oven to 350F, bake cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are light golden brown.
    Leaf shaped cookies on a plate and on table napkins
Posted November 13, 2013

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Natalya Drozhzhin

Natalya founded Momsdish to demonstrate that placing a homemade meal on the table is not hard at all. Natalya makes cooking easier and approachable, by simplifying the ingredients, while still producing the same great taste.