You still have time to enter our Holiday Cookie Bake-Off

Imagine a dollop of sweet raspberry jam sandwiched between two rich cookies flavored with walnuts and a hint of rum. That alone sounds great, but drizzling melted chocolate over these little sandwich cookies takes them to another level completely. Meet the Hungarian Isler cookie, a finalist one year in our Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-off.

Have you submitted your favorite recipe yet? There’s still time. Enter our sixth Holiday Cookie Bake-Off, and put your best up against the rest.

The Hungarian Isler cookies come from Monika Csaszni of Redondo Beach. She wrote:

“When I was a little girl, during the holidays we would go to my grandparents’ house in the countryside. I fondly recall the magical memories of my family and the holidays that this cookie is responsible for. I can still picture my grandma in the kitchen making the cookie dough, my sister was in charge of cutting the cookies and I was responsible for the chocolate coating and decorating. My mom, who was not the best cookie baker, would handle making the holiday dinner. Meanwhile, in the background you could hear my dad getting mad because he was having trouble putting the light on top of the Christmas tree.

Think you can do better? Show us by entering our bake-off today. Entries must be submitted by Nov. 14 at midnight.

Click here to submit your cookie recipe, along with a short essay about why your cookie is such a holiday favorite. Include a photo if you can; voters will want to see proof.

Readers will vote online for their favorites. The top 20 cookie recipes will be tested and judged by our Food staff to determine the five finalists.

The finalists will be invited to the Los Angeles Times for a tour of the Test Kitchen, and will be photographed and featured, along with their recipes, in a Saturday section article during the holidays.

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