![Apple Cardamom Pecan Star Cookies (from baker Jana Freiband). ] The winner and four finalists in the 2015 Taste Holiday Cookie (Cooky) Contest: Chocolate Decadence Cookies (from baker Elaine Prebonich), Kit Kat Christmas Bars (from baker Julie Olson), Cardamom Orange Zest Sugar Cookies (from baker Jeanne Nordstrom), Bacon Cornmeal Venetos (by bakers Julie Bollmann, Wendy Kleiser, Joan Koller, Geri Olson and Mary Urbas) and winner Apple Cardamom Pecan Star Cookies (from baker Jana Freiband).](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/43JB2U7C4UVOWOAPPW5744DGSU.jpg?&w=1080)
Making merry, with our handy recipe archive
A happy outcome of 13 years of the Star Tribune's annual Holiday Cookie Contest? Recipes.
Lots and lots of terrific, habit-forming cookie recipes.
Sixty-seven of them, to be exact.
We've archived them all — including this year's must-bake winner, Apple Cardamom Pecan Star Cookies, from baker Jana Freiband of Minneapolis — in our user-friendly online Cookie Finder. Find it at startribune.com/cookies.
Looking for chocolate? Done. A global tour, in your kitchen? Sure. Kid-friendly baking activities? Yep. Instant classics? Absolutely.
In short, there's a festive cookie to meet every need, every whim, every craving, every baking skill level.
For iPad, Kindle and Nook readers, we've collected recipes from the contest's first dozen years in the colorful third edition of "The Cookie Book."
