Fall Leaves Sugar Cookies

An excellent cookie dough. Works well. With ALL cut-out cookie dough: Refrigerate well in small flat disks. Roll out and cut fairly quickly, then gather leftover dough into small disk and place in fridge or freezer to chill, and take out a new chilled disk. Keeping the remaining dough cold while you work is key. And I liberally flour the rolling surface. I note that there is another cut-out cookie recipe here at Land O Lakes that I prefer: it calls for orange juice instead of milk and lots more vanilla. However, there is a higher ratio of butter to flour, so the dough definitely needs to be kept chilled while you are working with it!

Posted December 11, 2016 by Annie

I separated dough into fourths, and added cocoa powder to 1/4th of the dough to make brown. After cookies were baked, I frosted the cookie with light glaze, which made it look like a frosty leaf, it was very pretty. Also dough is a little sticky, but instead of rolling out with flour, I use powdered sugar for a crackly appearance.

Posted November 20, 2014 by Billie

I was kind of in a hurry and didn't chill it at all. I just threw it on a heavily floured surface and started in. The cookies are pretty dang good even like that. The class of 6th graders I made them for loved them :)

Posted October 31, 2014 by Abby

Thanks reviewer Ruth for your suggestion to everyone to refrigerate the dough overnight. From baking similar recipes I can tell that should solve the 'stickiness problem'. I appreciate the other reviews too and look forward to making these for Thanksgiving!

Posted November 19, 2013 by Lois M.

Best sugar cookie dough I have ever worked with. Cookies were very tasty and pretty. Definitely a keeper. I used a pastry cloth and rolling pin cover. Also, I refrigerated the dough overnight. No stickiness whatsoever.

Posted November 05, 2013 by Ruth

Everyone loves these cookies. They said that I always have a nature theme to my meals, with real leaves as knapkin holders, etc. The cookies just fit right in. THANK YOU.

Posted August 26, 2013 by Gail

Love the looks of these pretty cookies will have to try them. They look yummy.

Posted August 07, 2012 by Moonlake

my dough, after being mixed, had a consistency more like frosting, then cookie dough. anyone else have this problem?

Posted October 27, 2011 by ~Kris

Wonderful, unique cookies. Make sure to make the dough pieces small so you have enough color variation in each cookie. I have made these several times and they are a big hit.

Posted July 07, 2010 by Jane

This was a very good recipe. I my only trouble with my first batch was the dough warming very quickly while rolling out and sticking. I kept the second batch in the fridge overnight and floured the board very well. they cut really well this way and didn't stick at all. I would make these again. They tasted great, i think they would also be good with vanilla or lemon extract too instead of the almond for something different.

Posted October 26, 2009 by bill

I had some trouble with these. The dough is VERY sticky, and I did chill them for a few hours, but the test cookie I did came out burnt. I made them a bit thicker than suggested, and chilled the remainder of the dough in the freezer. But I still had tons of trouble getting the dough off the counter! :P After that first messed up batch, the second one that had been in the freezer came out perfect! :D I also had to reduce the time to 5 minutes. I'll make these again, but with my modifications. : They tasted great, even the brunt one! Lol! ; I can't wait to try these in all sorts of colors for various holiday's! :

Posted October 24, 2009 by Rachel

I made these with my 6 and 4 yr old girls. Very easy and tasty, but the dough gets sticky when it gets warm, had to use alot of flour. Very good presentation and friends gave us the "wow factor" when they saw them!

Posted October 15, 2009 by Cynthia

Make sure the dough is well chilled so the leaves keep their shape when lifted.

Posted October 09, 2009 by Mary

The cookies are beautiful. I made them for my preschoolers and plan on making them and sending them to my grandchildren. The video was helpful in demonstrating the technique for marbling the dough.

Posted October 08, 2009 by kathy