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