Cookie Bake-Off
Katie Rodgers, Dan Guerrera, Scott Cronick and Alice Nishimoto, photographed with their creations.
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The finalists’ cookies from the seventh annual Holiday Cookie Bake-off. Clockwise from the top: Linzer cookies with persimmon filling, tahini shortbread cookies, gingerbread heart house cookies, French twists and baklava roulade cookies.
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Gingerbread heart house cookies made in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen. Adapted from a recipe by Katie Rodgers.
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Linzer cookies with persimmon filling made in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen. Adapted from a recipe by Alice Nishimoto.
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French twist cookies made in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen. Adapted from a recipe by Dan Guerrera.
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Baklava roulada cookies made in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen. Adapted from a recipe by Scott Cronick.
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Tahini shortbread cookies made in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen. Adapted from a recipe by Deana Kabakibi.
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