Autumn Leaf Patchwork Cookies

• 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

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

sugar cookie, food coloring, sanding sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/autumn-leaf-patchwork-cookies-442511 (may not work)