If you want to bring something homemade to your Thanksgiving hosts—but they don’t need another pie—bake leaf-shaped shortbread cookies in fall colors.

These were made by the wonderful San Francisco Bakery, Craftsman and Wolves. Click on the links for recipes from The Nibble, Epicurious and Martha Stewart.

You could also make almond shortbread, ginger shortbread with crystallized ginger, lemon or orange shortbread.

All you need are your favorite shortbread recipe or one of ours, a leaf cookie cutter and some optional sanding sugar.

With a set of assorted leaf cookie cutters, you can use a different shape for each flavor.