Fall Leaves Decorated Sugar cookies Recipe

Are you just about as excited about fall as my family? I now we are. After you all loved our tutorial on how to make pumpkin sugar cookies, I thought it would be fun to show you how easy it is to make this super easy fall leaves Decorated Sugar cookies Recipe.

There is something about sugar cookies with icing that just makes my heart full. Anyone else agree? First you are going to need some super cut leaf cookie cutters. Amazon has several at a great price here. 

Here is what you need:

Cookie Ingredients:

5 C flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 C soft unsalted butter
2 C granulated sugar
4 eggs

How to make fall leaves Decorated Sugar cookies Recipe:

1. Cream the soft butter with the sugar until the combination is smooth not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl.
2. Add all 4 eggs at one time…Continue to mix. -Add the vanilla.. Continue mixing.
3. Sift the four, baking powder, and salt together.
4. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
5. Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
6. Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball.
7. Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Check to see if the dough is firm.
8. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
9. Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and sit it out to soften up a bit.
10. Put flour out on the wood cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin, and work some flour into the batter.
11. Roll the dough out on the cutting board and using your Pumpkin  cookie cutter begin to make yourcookies.
12. Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.
13. Using a metal spatula move the cut cookie  to the parchment lined cookie sheet.
14. Bake at 325 degrees for 8 minutes.  Check to see if the cookie are thoroughly baked.
15. Take the cookies off of the cookie sheet and put on a wire rack to cool completely.  (About 10 minutes).

 

Easy Royal Icing to decorate the cookies:

Icing Ingredients:

2 egg whites
1 C powder sugar
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
Orange, brown, yellow gel food coloring
(For these cookies you may have to make two bowls of icing).

Icing Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes. (except your food coloring) If icing is  not stiff enough add 1/4 C powder sugar.
2. Pull out 4 bowls and divide the icing equally into each bowl.
3. Bowl #1 , add several drops of brown gel food coloring stirring well until all of the color is blended.
4. Bowl #2, add several drops of orange gel food coloring stirring well until all of the color is blended.
5. Bowl #3, add several drops of red gel food coloring stirring well until all of the color is blended.
6. Bowl#4, add several drops of yellow gold gel food coloring stirring well until all of the color is blended.
7. Spoon each of the icings into individual  frosting bags with a #5 tips…. twist the open end of the bag to push the icing to the tip

Now you will need frosting bags. I highly recommend getting the disposable ones. They are such a convenience and definitely worth the cost. You will also need a Wilton tip number 5. You can order just the single tip, but getting it in a set is a much better value.

How to Decorate Fall leaves decorated sugar cookies:

 

1. First step for each of the leaf cookies outline it in brown .
2. Allow the icing outline at least 30 seconds to dry before filling the body of the cookie in with the other brown icing*. ( After outlining all of these leaf cookies you can push some the remaining icing into a bowl and add the 1 tsp of water and mix well to get the right consistency .)
3. Leave some of the brown icing in the frosting bag for additional accent work on each of the leaves. Using a butter knife to spread it from the outlined part inwards to the center.
4. Outline another set of leaves with the orange icing, allowing 30 seconds to dry, filling the leaf in with the thinner icing. (Leaving some of the orange icing in the frosting bag for additional accent work.
5. Outline the next set of leaves with the red icing , fill them in with the thinner icing. (Leave some of the red icing in the frosting bag for additional use.)
6. Outline the next set of leaves with the yellow icing , fill them in with the thinner icing. (Leave some of the yellow icing in the frosting bag for additional use.)
7. Using the frosting bags with each of the icing colors and a small tip to make (matching the icing in the frosting bags to the color of the leaf ). Using the matching icing make a center line in each of the leaves than add the remaining other accent lines on each of them. (Follow the pictures in the post.)
8. Set these aside and allow to completely dry about 4 hours.

 

Try these other sugar cookies recipes:

• How to Make Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
• How to make and Decorate Ghost Sugar Cookies