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Sugar Cookies
Flavor Variations

By Carroll Pellegrinelli, About.com

Butterscotch-Pecan: Substitute 2 cups packed brown sugar for sugar. Add 1 cup finely chopped pecans to ingredients.

Chocolate: Increase milk to 3 tablespoons. Add 3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted, and 1 cup finely chopped walnuts to ingredients.

Coconut: Add 1 cup coconut, chopped, to ingredients.

Lemon: Substitute 4 teaspoons lemon juice and grated peel of 1 lemon for vanilla.

Almond: Substitute almond extract for vanilla and add 1 cup ground almonds to ingredients.

Peppermint: Substitute peppermint extract for vanilla. Any other extract flavor you choose: Use instead of vanilla.

The Sky is the Limit: With all of the flavorings out there, you can make up any combinations.

Which ones can you come up with?

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