![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/TN6NRWDJLQEBP7TBKWBRTEK5GA.jpg?&w=1080)
Nut Goodie Thumbprints. Apple Cardamom Pecan Star Cookies. Italian Almond Cookies. Cappuccino Flats. Royal Sweets with Chocolate Balsamic Sauce. Swedish Almond-Chocolate Macaroons.
These are the last six winners in our annual Holiday Cookie Contest. Who knows? Your recipe could be next. All you have to do is enter.
It's easy, and relatively rule-free. Submit your recipe, along with the story behind it. We love original recipes, but we also appreciate recipes that you've discovered in newspapers, magazines, cookbooks or websites and have incorporated into your own holiday baking rituals.
We'll feature you and your recipe in Taste on Nov. 30th. Along with fame, there's fortune: Top prize is a $200 gift card to a local cooking store.
Send your entry to: taste@startribune.com or Taste Holiday Cookie Contest, Star Tribune, 650 3rd Av. S., Suite 1300, Mpls., MN 55488. Please include your name, address, e-mail address and daytime phone number.
Hurry: The deadline is noon on Oct. 20.
RICK NELSON
