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I loved these Cranberry Orange Cookie Bars! I omitted the pecan because of my nickel allergy and added extra flour and cranberries. The flavor with the cream cheese orange icing was a perfect match. I will definitely make these again. <\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2020-12-31","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"OrangeCone"},"reviewBody":"These are amazing. I made about 12 or 15 different cookies this Christmas and this is the one that people remarked on the most. I only used about 2 tablespoons of orange zest in the batter and in the frosting\u2026 The recipe makes a huge amount of cream cheese frosting\u2026 Next time I might cut it down by 25 or 50% and I still think that would be plenty. 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