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Cookie Bake-Off

Katie Rodgers, Dan Guerrera, Scott Cronick and Alice Nishimoto, photographed with their creations.

Katie Rodgers, Dan Guerrera, Scott Cronick and Alice Nishimoto, photographed with their creations.

  (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

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Cookie Bake-Off

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.

  (Calvin B. Alagot / Los Angeles Times)

Cookie Bake-off

Gingerbread heart house cookies made in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen. Adapted from a recipe by Katie Rodgers.

  (Calvin B. Alagot / Los Angeles Times)

Cookie Bake-off

Linzer cookies with persimmon filling made in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen. Adapted from a recipe by Alice Nishimoto.

  (Calvin B. Alagot / Los Angeles Times)

Cookie Bake-off

French twist cookies made in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen. Adapted from a recipe by Dan Guerrera.

  (Calvin B. Alagot / Los Angeles Times)

Cookie Bake-off

Baklava roulada cookies made in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen. Adapted from a recipe by Scott Cronick.

  (Calvin B. Alagot / Los Angeles Times)

Cookie Bake-off

Tahini shortbread cookies made in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen. Adapted from a recipe by Deana Kabakibi.

  (Calvin B. Alagot / Los Angeles Times)

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