Autumn Leaf Patchwork Cookies

Name: Autumn Leaf Patchwork Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 dozen
Ingredients: sugar cookie dough (enough to make 48 cookies); food coloring (create autumn colors that include brown or tan, fuschia, red or burgundy, yellow or gold, green, etc); sanding sugar or turbinado sugar

Submitted by COOKGIRl

"Discovered on countryliving.com. Use your favorite sugar cookie dough recipe to prepare these."

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Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 3
Yields:: 4 dozen

ingredients

sugar cookie dough (enough to make 48 cookies)
food coloring (create autumn colors that include brown or tan, fuschia, red or burgundy, yellow or gold, green, etc)
sanding sugar or turbinado sugar

directions

Divide the dough into four (or more) batches and tint each with food coloring.
Create a multicolored patchwork by pressing dough pieces from each batch together on lightly floured parchment paper.
Smooth with rolling pin to 1/4" thickness.
Chill for 15 minutes, then cut out shapes using fall leaf-shaped cookie cutters.
Bake according to your cookie recipe's instructions.
Decorate: Create leaf veins with a toothpick, then sprinkle with sanding sugar (we used turbinado aka raw sugar instead).
Prep does not include chilling or shaping.