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                        Fortune Christmas Cooky Tree
 
 Recipe By     : Betty Crocker’s Merry Makings 
 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cookies And Bars                 Crafts
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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    1      recipe        Fortune Christmas Cookies
   50                    6″ squares of saran wrap
   50                    slips of paper with fortunes written on
                         fine wire or thread
    1                    styrofoam plastic tree-
                         about 24″ tall 9″ base
    8                    yards 1/2″ white ribbon
   13                    yards 1/2″ green ribbon
                         straight pins
 
 Wrap cookies in the squares of saran wrap enclosing the fortune slips on the bo
 ttom. Close with fine wire on the bottom of the cooky.
 
 After tying, cut saran wrap close to cooky, leaving just enough to pin on tree.
 
 Cut 4″ lengths from the white ribbon. Starting at lower corner of tree, place a
  white ribbon loop and a red Fortune Christmas cooky on the tree with a straigh
 t pin stuck in on the diagonal. Pin another white loop on the other side.
 
 For the second row, pin on a white loop, a pink cooky, a white loop, another pi
 nk cooky and another white loop.
 
 For the third row, pin on a green tailored bow the size of the space on the tre
 e.
 
 Continue placing cookies and ribbons in this manner until the tree is completel
 y covered.
 
 Finish edge of tree with loops of green ribbon.
 
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