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The other review was right in that these did not turn out well according to the directions. I didn't have parchment paper so I used foil sprayed with cooking spray and it worked nicely. The first two cookies did turn out discolored and hard, but I reduced the baking time to 4 minutes and I had better luck with them. I might add another minute onto the baking time still. Out of the batch of 10, only 5 turned out and I didn't get a chance to dip in chocolate and decorate nicely. I am going to try this recipe again and tweak some more. The cookies that didn't turn out did have a wonderful almond flavor, so it is delicious, just really hard to get to turn out.<\/p>","CommentId":2,"DateRated":"09\/24\/2011 22:14","GUID":"7b325f2b911147d4b9ad992db90fa8cb","MemberId":5888460,"Rating":3,"ScreenName":"shecooksalot","SubmittedDate":"09\/24\/2011 22:14"},{"Comment":"
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