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Brown Sugar Walnut Cookies

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My Nana was quite a baker, as I found out while I was writing Cherries in Winter: My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times. But these simple, delicious cookies became a staple around my house precisely because I'm not a whiz in the kitchen! They're a perfect "basic" cookie—they're easy to make and great with tea at mid-morning or in the afternoon, or as dessert. Around the holidays, they make a lovely, inexpensive gift when you put them in a pretty tin.

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