For the 39th annual Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest, 32 readers submitted recipes for sweet treats, including biscotti and shortbread, bars and balls, and classic chocolate chip and sugar cookies.

Now that you've had the chance to look over this year's cookie winners and maybe bake a few, you might be interested to know ...

The three winning cookie recipes for the 39th annual Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest all pay tribute to bakers from years ago.

The Holiday Cookie Contest at the Rochester Public Market has become a holiday tradition for many Rochester-area bakers; Jim ...

The Dayton Daily News Holiday Cookie Contest has been a tradition for many years. It began in 1990, which means it has been running (on and off) for about 35 years as of 2025. We thought it would be ...

Choosing a winner in the Holiday Cookie Contest has always been hard. This year, the challenge began before we took a single bite. Instead of sampling each entered cookie, as baked by readers and ...

There’s rarely a month that goes by when we aren’t thinking about cookies. And while readers haven’t even baked this year’s ...

The winner of the 2025 Dayton Daily News Holiday Cookie Contest was Dana Tatar of Oakwood with her White Chocolate Cranberry Jelly Filled Cookies. She created this recipe with her 17-year-old daughter ...

Like so much else this year, the annual PB Cookie Contest needed to adapt to our current circumstances. What were our options? We wanted to find a way to go forward with the contest, and you'll see ...

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. – There are several special baking contests at the Minnesota State Fair in which bakers can showcase their delectable treats. The winners of one such baking contest, the Gold ...

UPDATE: THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO NOV. 12. The Nov. 10 deadline for the Winston-Salem Journal’s Holiday Cookie Contest is just a week away. And even bakers not entering the contest are ...

HER TASTE BUDS TO WORK TODAY. JUDGING A COOKIE CONTEST. STAFF MEMBERS AT THE FAMILY’S IN TRANSITION ADULT SHELTER IN MANCHESTER BAKED COOKIES FOR THE CONTEST. THE WINNER WAS THE OPERATIONS MANAGER, ...