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Cinnamon Dusted Orange Icebox Cookies are a great choice for cinnamon lovers and a perfect cookie for late fall, when orange is coming into season, people are craving cinnamon and when the cookies can also be made ahead for holiday cookie tins! Creative Cookie Exchange has you cinnamon lovers completely covered this month, so keep scrolling for more awesome cookies! Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing.
I cannot be alone in plotting and planning my Christmas cookies already, can I? I adore this time of year–I get through the hell that is Halloween (sorry! Not a fan of dressing up, costumes or even trick or treating really), and then I get super excited! And stressed! Why must good things…
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