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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

Fall Leaves Sugar Cookies

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Servings
40 cookies
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 45 mins
These fall sugar cookies are cut into beautiful maple leaf shapes and are perfectly chewy. Wonderful served throughout the season with coffee or for Thanksgiving!

Ingredients

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cacao powder, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
    Ingredients on table include; butter, sugar in a bowl, an egg, and vanilla extract
  • Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat the butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and egg together on medium-high speed until smooth.
    Butter, egg, sugar, and vanilla extract being beta in a KitchenAid mixer
  • Slowly, blend in the dry ingredients to the wet until they are just combined. Be careful not to over mix!
    Flour being mixed into the butter and sugar mixture in the KitchenAid
  • Cover the bowl of dough with plastic wrap and let it chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
    Dough on a floured cutting board
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. On a floured surface, roll the dough out with a rolling pin until it's about 1/4-inch thick. Using a maple leaf shaped cookie cutter, cut out the cookie shapes and place them onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
    Cookie dough cut into leaf shapes and placed on a baking sheet that is lined with parchment paper
  • Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges turn a light shade of golden brown. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool for a couple minutes. Enjoy!
    Leaf shaped cookies on a plate and on table napkins
Nutrition Facts
Fall Leaves Sugar Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 69 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 2g10%
Cholesterol 13mg4%
Sodium 60mg3%
Potassium 25mg1%
Carbohydrates 8g3%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 112IU2%
Calcium 8mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Posted November 13, 2013

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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.