La Joie! Everyday Joy....: Leaf Cookies and Acorn Candies

I wanted to do something special for my new supervisor and one of my co-workers who worked very hard last week to train me in on my new position. So I made them each a little sweet treat. I blogged about part of this treat last year at this time - the candy acorns. To these acorn treats, I added oak leaves. Here's what I did.

I used a standard sugar cookie recipe and rolled out the dough about a 1/4 inch thick.

Then I used my new oak leaf cookie cutters.

I moved the cut out leaves to a cookie sheet.

Next, I took some fall colored sprinkles and pressed them into each leaf.

I baked the cookies as per the recipe and moved the cookies to a wire rack when they were done.

While the cookies cooled, I worked on putting together the acorns. I gathered my supplies: Nutter Butter bite size crackers,

Hershey kisses,

mini chocolate chips,

and milk chocolate chips.

I started by putting about 1/3 cup of milk chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl. I heated them in the microwave until they were melted.

Then I unwrapped the Hershey kisses.

I spread a little of the melted chocolate on one of the Nutter Butter bites, then pressed a Hershey kiss onto the chocolate.

I let them harden on a piece of parchment paper.

I found that one of my wire racks holds these acorns perfectly which makes adding the little stem a bit easier.

I dipped a skewer into the melted chocolate and very carefully dabbed it on the top of the cracker. I dropped a mini chocolate chip onto the chocolate.

While I waited for the chocolate on the acorns to harder, I made little tags for each gift bag. I started with white paper and used my computer to type out a sentiment.