The Best Fall Leaf Sugar Cookies ( Vegan! )

Fall……my favorite season. The change of colors of the trees around you, along with a change in your mood. Its the time when you wouldn’t mind taking a long walk and just enjoy the light cool breeze and the view. Growing up in India, I never had the experience of knowing fall, besides in movies. Tropical climate is not much fun and full of colors. Its warm and warmer and the occasional rain picking up the humidity. Its filled with a thicket of green, which I gotta admit is still beautiful. Different kind of beauty though. There’s no concept of change in clothes with seasons. Works for me since I hate shopping!

First experience with fall was just amazing. Seeing the colors of the leaves change and a street so covered with the fallen leaves does not seem like an unwanted mess anymore. Its like a fluffy rug decorating your neighborhood. Fall , to me, is a time of the year when everyone is dressing up warm and comfortable and still goes out, enjoying a walk in the park, picnics, barbecues and pumpkins.

Few of the main snippets of fall in my mind, are the times when me and my friends used to go out drinking and stay out late till the bars closed. After this we used to grab food from food carts and walk around in the campus grounds of Iowa State University. I love that campus. We would soak up the beauty and the silence and slowly find our way home. Happy times. Everyone’s attitude was enjoy it while it lasts; winter is coming. Even now, when I see a street with maple trees all now, it brings back these memories.

Since we are closing in on the end of fall, we thought maybe we could try out a dessert to remind everyone of the good times we have this fall, even in the midst of this pandemic. This will be an easy recipe and with not a lot of prep work besides the butter, similar to the  coffee bean cookies and rolling out the dough. So lets get started here!