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Cutting it up

Here's how to turn our winning cookie recipe from a pan of bars into a stack of triangles, in six easy steps.

December 17, 2009 at 3:07AM
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Have you baked Almond Triangles, the love-at-first-bite winner of our seventh-annual Taste holiday cookie contest, and wondered just how the heck you get from a beautifully nutty pan of bars into neat little triangle-shaped cookies?

It's easy. Just follow these six simple steps.

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1. Using a sharp knife, carefully trim around the edge of the pan, creating a clean perimeter (and remember, the cook gets first crack at the scraps).

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2. Cut straight lines down the long length of the pan, forming rectangles roughly 1 1/2-inches wide.

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3. Turn the pan 90 degrees, then cut the long rectangles into squares roughly 1 1/2-inches wide.

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4. Using a spatula, transfer squares from the baking pan to a cutting board.

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5. Cut the squares into triangles.

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6. Arrange Almond Triangles on a serving plate and enjoy.

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