Pecan pie tarts take top prize in Laguna Beach cookie contest

Abby Roedersheimer’s pecan pie date nut tarts won the top prize in the Laguna Beach Holiday Cookie Contest on Monday.

Participants and family members listen to comments from judge Chris Conley at the first Laguna Beach Holiday Cookie Contest at the Laguna Beach Community & Susi Q Center on Monday.

Event judges Nadia Babayi, Sande St. John and Chris Costley, from left, compare notes in the Laguna Beach Holiday Cookie Contest on Monday.

Abby Roedersheimer is announced as the winner of the first Laguna Beach Holiday Cookie Contest on Monday at the Community & Susi Q Center.

Cookie judges Nadia Babayi, Sande St. John and Chris Costley join others in discussing the offerings in Monday’s Laguna Beach Holiday Cookie Contest.

Finalist Hadley Hunt, 10, tells the story of her cookie recipe in the Laguna Beach Holiday Cookie Contest judged at the Community & Susi Q Center on Monday.

Finalist Katie Baker, 10, talks about her cookie recipe during the first Laguna Beach Holiday Cookie Contest on Monday.

The Laguna Beach Community & Susi Q Center’s house chocolate chip cookies come out of the oven before Monday’s Laguna Beach Holiday Cookie Contest.