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Feature: Day 3 - Cranberry Sugar Cookies: Easy Christmas Cookie Recipe for Kids and Families

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1. Convenience. It calls for a quick bread or muffin mix rather than measured ingredients from scratch. By using a mix, you save time and mess.
2. Flavor. The added cranberry tang offers a surprising twist to the traditional rich, buttery flavor associated with most sugar cookie recipes.
3. Time. Typically, sugar cookie dough is rolled out on the work surface and then cut into shapes using cookie cutters. This recipe calls for cookie dough to be rolled into small balls and pressed down, producing round cookies.

Prep time: 5-20 minutes
Bake time: 7-10 minutes
Makes 3-4 dozen cookies

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Cookie Baking Tip: An Easy Way to Mold Sugar Cookies

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To Help You Make the Cookies In This Issue

Pillsbury Cranberry Quick Bread & Muffin Mix 15.6 oz	StarPack Christmas Cookie Cutters Set (18 Piece) - Favorite Holiday Shapes

More Easy Sugar Cookies for Christmas

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