<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2105d406-f129-438a-b6fa-bd3f0c9b493a/28D87427-4CE0-4DD2-A53F-EBEBFA3EAA0E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://zhinkadinkadoo.typepad.com/zhinkadinkadoo/2007/11/magical-cookie.html" href="http://zhinkadinkadoo.typepad.com/zhinkadinkadoo/2007/11/magical-cookie.html" style="font-size: 11px;">zhinkadinkadoo.typepad.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zhinkadinkadoo.typepad.com/zhinkadinkadoo/2007/11/magical-cookie.html"><P>* * * * * * * * *</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zhinkadinkadoo.typepad.com/zhinkadinkadoo/2007/11/magical-cookie.html"><P>Step 1: Make the cinnamon ornaments. I used the recipe <A href="http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977144009">here</A>, recipe #3 with cloves and nutmeg. Mmmm, the smell is wonderful! I baked them in a 200F oven for about 2 hours to dry them quickly. This led to some of them curling up a bit, but that's ok. Then I sanded the rough edges with a nail file.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zhinkadinkadoo.typepad.com/zhinkadinkadoo/2007/11/magical-cookie.html"><P>Step 2: Decorate ornaments, if desired. I used white puffy fabric paint in a little squeeze bottle. Very simple. Max got into it too.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zhinkadinkadoo.typepad.com/zhinkadinkadoo/2007/11/magical-cookie.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/zhinkadinkadoo.typepad.com/img/E5A89C3F-83B7-4769-8106-873BD0DDBF2B" alt="Pb150038" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zhinkadinkadoo.typepad.com/zhinkadinkadoo/2007/11/magical-cookie.html"><P>Step 3: Cut out felt, 2 green trees and 1 white. The white can be a partial tree, as it's supposed to be the snow on the tree. For the templates, I simplified one from the Dec. 2007 MS Living, here's the link to the <A href="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/2007Q4/la_1207_gingerbreadmobile.pdf">template</A>, I used the largest tree. I used two green layers to give the tree enough stiffness, you don't want floppy trees! I tried both white felt and cotton batting. I like the feel of the cotton batting better, but it does hold its cinnamon crumbs a bit too well!</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/28D87427-4CE0-4DD2-A53F-EBEBFA3EAA0E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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