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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Wonder If My Kids Realize How Lucky They Are


Fall Sugar Cookies

I have been making these for years, they are the perfect treat to celebrate the fall season.  Simple to make, but a little time consuming.  Mix up your favorite sugar cookie dough.  Divide into 3 - 4 sections (depending on how many colors you use).  Add food gel colors to the dough (I like the food gel colors, rather than plain food coloring, because the colors come out more vibrant and brighter).


I made yellow, orange, red and brown

Take a few handfuls of each dough color and roll them out together on a lightly floured surface.  Use leaf shaped or acorn shaped cookie cutters.  Then sprinkle with a little sugar.  I used brownish gold glittery sugar crystals that I found at the candy/cake store. 



Don't they almost look too pretty to eat?


Almost.....

My kids pounced on them the minute they got home from school.

They are a bunch of lucky sons of guns, Aren't they?

15 comments:

  1. What a fun idea, I've done something similar for candy cane cookies, but never thought to do it for fall...thanks for the fun!
    Becky Jane

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  2. I love the idea of the different color dough. Thanks for idea!

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  3. SO lucky! They came out great.

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  4. They ARE very lucky!!! I'd probably mess these up if I tried making them.

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  5. That is so creative for fall. Looking forward to make some for the family:)

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  6. Hi I'm your latest follower from FMBT. Nice to meet you. Hope you find time to follow me too. Love your blog. I need to go browse some more! ~hehe~ mmmmm I can smell those cookies baking & I feel my hips getting bigger! lol

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  7. We love sugar cookies around here and this is a fun idea. Your kids are indeed very lucky and they'll realize it when they're making cute fall cookies for kids of their own somewhere down the line!

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  8. Those are so pretty! And yes they are lucky!
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  9. Anonymous2:50 PM

    Hi! I am now following you from Think of me Thursday Blog hop :) Cute blog! WOW, these are so cute! I will definitely have to try and attempt them. I'll definitely be coming back to read more of your blog. Come back and follow if you can. Happy Fall, and have a great day!

    -Marci
    @http://Marciandlevin.blogspot.com

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  10. Your kids are DARN lucky... those are adorable and look delicious. Now we have to see if my kids get lucky enough to get to try these.... I'm a new follower from FMBT!

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  11. Fall leave cookies, what a unique idea! Following from the Nestwork.

    Tomica
    www.loveofbooks.net
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  12. Those sure do look good.

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  13. They are very lucky. They might not realize it yet. (At least you have a blog of it that they can look back on, right?) I grew up w/ a mom that made us homeade treats but I never realized how lucky I was until I was a mom myself and realized how much work this mommy gig is!

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  14. What a great idea! I am going to try this idea this weekend!

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  15. Well, I tried them. They did not look as pretty as yours but they tasted great! No worries though- my college kids came and got them and I didn't get one single complaint about the looks! Thanks for the idea!

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