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To tell the truth, I can’t recall where this recipe came from. It’s been a regular in my holiday baking, though, for many years. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, I hand these out to almost everybody\u2014even the mailman’s been known to find a batch in the mailbox! I moved from a big city as a bride. 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