Fall Leaf Decorated Sugar Cookies

Decorated with elegant curls and lines, these Pretty Fall Leaf Decorated Sugar Cookies make for a stunning dessert. Use them as edible decorations for Thanksgiving or cookie favors for a fall wedding. Piped in various shades of purple, red and yellow, these beautiful leaf cookies are almost too pretty to eat!

Prep1 hr 45 min
Total Time12 hr 45 min
Skill LevelBeginner

Amount12 cookies

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Instructions

Instructions

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Bake and cool cookies.
Prepare the dough on a lightly floured surface, cut-out cookies using a leaf cookie cutter, place leaf shaped cookies on a baking sheet and bake until cookies are slightly golden following the recipe instructions. When done, remove cookies from the oven and place on a cooling grid or wire rack to cool completely.
Prepare icing.
prepare 2 1/2 cups sugar cookie icing following instructions. Tint ¼ cup icing each gold, red, light purple and maroon following color combinations provided. Thin remaining 1 1/2 cups white icing to flow consistency.
Combine Golden Yellow, Orange and Brown icing colors to get the gold color shown.
Combine Red-Red, Burgundy and Black icing colors to get the red color shown.
Combine Violet, Royal Blue and Black icing colors to get the light purple color shown.
Combine Burgundy, Violet and Black icing colors to get the maroon color shown.
Outline and flood cookies.
Prepare four decorating bags with tip 3. Fill separately with gold, red, light purple and maroon icing. Using tinted icing, outline cookies. Let dry, about 1 hour. Prepare a fifth decorating bag with tip 3 and thinned white icing. Fill in cookies. Let dry, about 8 to 10 hours.
Pipe decorations.Using tinted icing, pipe details on cookies, starting with veins of leaves, then adding additional smaller lines and curls..