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10 Clever Ways to Use Sugar Cookie Dough

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Holiday treats (made from the same dough) that are anything but cookie-cutter.
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Basic Sugar Cookie Dough

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All the cookies here use 1 recipe of Basic Sugar Cookie Dough. Bake the cookies at 350º F on parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing the cookies at least 1½ inches apart. Cool slightly on baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. The total times in the recipes include the making of the dough. Do not substitute slice-and-bake dough from the supermarket; the cookies will not hold their shape when baked.

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Holiday Cutout Cookies

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Cherry-Almond Jumbles

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Sparkling Sugar Twists

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Chocolate-Peppermint Wafers

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Jam Thumbprints

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Orange-Glazed Cookies

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Cinnamon Pinwheels

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    1 of 11 Basic Sugar Cookie Dough
    2 of 11 Holiday Cutout Cookies
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