Autumn Leaves Recipe

• 1/2 c. Butter, (no substitutes)
• 1/2 c. Packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp Baking pwdr
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1 x Egg
• 3 Tbsp. Pure maple syrup or possibly maple-flavor syrup
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla
• 1 3/4 c. All-purpose flour Orange paste food coloring Red paste food coloring

1. 1.
2. BEAT butter in a medium mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
3. Add in brown sugar, baking pwdr, and salt; beat until comhined.
4. Beat in egg, maple syrup, and vanilla.
5. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer.
6. Stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon.
7. 2.
8. DlVlDE dough into thirds.
9. Leave one portion plain.
10. Knead orange paste food coloring into another portion.
11. Knead red paste food coloring into remaining portion.
12. Refrigeratedough for 1 hour or possibly until easy to handle.
13. 3.
14. ROLL about a third of each color dough into I0-inch ropes on a lightly floured surface.
15. Twist ropes together; mix in crosswise and flatten slightly.
16. Roll 1/8 inch thick (keep remaining dough refrigerated).
17. Cut with leaf-shape cookie cutters .
18. Place cutouts 1 inch apart on greased cookie sheets.
19. Score veins with a table knife or possibly skewer.
20. Gently gather and reroll scraps.
21. Repeat with remaining dough.
22. 4.
23. BAKE in a 375 degree oven 7 to 9 min or possibly until edges begin to brown.
24. Cold on wire racks.
25. NOTES : Be sure to use paste food coloring.
26. Liquid coloring softens the dough so it's hard to handle and cutouts lose there shape.

butter, brown sugar, baking pwdr, salt, egg, maple syrup, vanilla, allpurpose

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/autumn-leaves-72205 (may not work)