Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off 2014 winners

Gail Field with one of her Italian pignoli cookies.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Italian pignoli cookies made by Gail Field.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Lauren Bajorinas with a square of her Grandma’s peppermint hot chocolate fudge.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Recipe: Grandma’s peppermint hot chocolate fudge

Alison Young with one of her macarons filled with white chocolate peppermint ganache.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Macarons filled with white chocolate peppermint ganache, made from a recipe by Alison Young.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Sharon Graves with one of her maple pecan pie bars.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Maple pecan pie bars, made from a recipe by Sharon Graves.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Jan Lansing with one of her Jan’s famous rugelach.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Jan’s famous rugelach, made with a recipe by Jan Lansing.

Elizabeth Morner with one of her sugar and spice cookies.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Sugar and spice cookies, made with a recipe by Elizabeth Morner.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Sarah Mahoney with one of her Goodwill cookies.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Recipe: Goodwill cookies

Karen Florek with one of her Mum’s red and green Christmas cookies.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Mum’s red and green Christmas cookies, made with a recipe by Karen Florek.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Liz Boerkoel with one of her Boppsie’s molasses cookies.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Boppsie’s molasses cookies, made with a recipe by Liz Boerkoel.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Bradie Fink with one of her Vesta bars.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Vesta bars, made with a recipe by Bradie Fink.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)