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Title: Autumn Leaves Categories: Cookies, Holiday Yield: 40 Servings 1/2 c Butter; (no substitutes) 1/2 c Packed brown sugar 1 ts Baking powder 1/4 ts Salt 1 Egg 3 tb Pure maple syrup or -maple-flavor syrup 1/2 ts Vanilla 1 3/4 c All-purpose flour Orange paste food coloring Red paste food coloring 1. BEAT butter in a medium mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add brown sugar, baking powder, and salt; beat till comhined. Beat in egg, maple syrup, and vanilla. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon. 2. DlVlDE dough into thirds. Leave one portion plain. Knead orange paste food coloring into another portion. Knead red paste food coloring into remaining portion. Chill dough for 1 hour or till easy to handle. 3. ROLL about a third of each color dough into I0-inch ropes on a lightly floured surface. Twist ropes together; fold in crosswise and flatten slightly. Roll 1/8 inch thick (keep remaining dough refrigerated). Cut with leaf-shape cookie cutters . Place cutouts 1 inch apart on greased cookie sheets. Score veins with a table knife or skewer. Gently gather and reroll scraps. Repeat with remaining dough. 4. BAKE in a 375 degree oven 7 to 9 minutes or till edges begin to brown. Cool on wire racks. NOTES : Be sure to use paste food coloring. Liquid coloring softens the dough so it's hard to handle and cutouts lose there shape. Recipe by: Better Homes Christmas Book 1997 Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 506 by Marie Smith |