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\"\"<\/a>Who doesn\u2019t love Christmas cookies? I can\u2019t get enough of them. Seriously, there\u2019s not a single kind of cookie I can\u2019t eat a couple dozen of, as long as I\u2019ve also got a tall, cold glass of skim milk (skim\u2019s better for the waistline, you know). All cookies, that is, except maybe sugar cookies. I\u2019ve never understood the appeal of those things. If you\u2019ve got other cookie options, sugar cookies definitely seem like a wasted choice.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s holiday-like recipe is for watermelon cookies. Before you scoff at the notion of making a Christmas cookie shaped like a summertime favorite, I should remind you that watermelon\u2019s color scheme (red, white and green) is a whole lot more holiday-appropriate than most sugar cookies (plain, plain, and plain).<\/p>\n

I was going to post the recipe in this entry, but like most made-from-scratch cookie recipes (i.e., the very best kind of cookies), it\u2019s a bit lengthy, so I\u2019ll just link to the recipe<\/a> instead and post the above photo of the finished product. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who doesn\u2019t love Christmas cookies? I can\u2019t get enough of them. Seriously, there\u2019s not a single kind of cookie I can\u2019t eat a couple dozen of, as long as I\u2019ve also got a tall, cold glass of skim milk (skim\u2019s better for the waistline, you know). All cookies, that is, except maybe sugar cookies. 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