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Small nut tassie tarts filled with nuts on a china plate

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Nut Tassies Recipe

This recipe for nut tassies first appeared on my blogspot blog in December 2010. There are traditions to keep and
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Ginger cookies with raspberry jam stacked in a cookie tin

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Ginger Cookies with Raspberry Jam Recipe

This recipe first ran on my blogspot blog February 9, 2010. The Girl Scout cookie boxes arrived, I opened them,
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Buttery 100 cookies on a red plate

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100 Cookies Recipe

This 100 Cookies recipe originally ran on my blogspot blog January 2, 2011. Christmas has come and gone, and while I
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Shortbread squares with red and green candied cherries

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Shortbread with Candied Cherries Recipe

This recipe first appeared on my blogspot blog December 11, 2011. Fruitcake is not a holiday tradition in my home,
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Fruitcake cookies on a festive holiday plate

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Fruitcake Cookie Recipe

This story and recipe first appeared on my blogspot blog December 2012. I'm not one of those people easily offended
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Favorite Southern Christmas cookies

“Oh Buddy, I think it’s fruitcake weather,” goes the opening line to one of the best short stories ever written (and
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