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4th Annual EatingWell Holiday Cookie Contest - Top 10 Semi-Finalists

EatingWell Holiday Cookie Contest Semi-Finalists

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Over the past five weeks, the ovens in the EatingWell Test Kitchen have been blasting all day long, baking up dozens and dozens of healthy cookie recipes submitted by EatingWell readers for the 4th Annual EatingWell Holiday Cookie Contest. Our recipe testers have mixed, scooped and baked over 1,500 cookies!

On July 30, over 30 staff members and interns at EatingWell took on the serious job of taste-testing the top 10 semi-finalists in our holiday cookie contest, chosen from more than 370 entries submitted by EatingWell and Cooking.com readers. While “healthy” isn’t usually a term that one associates with cookies, the ones we tested met the EatingWell nutritional guidelines while still being sweet and satisfying. After sampling the goodies (with palate-cleansing milk between bites), we selected our top six favorites, giving a double nod to the cookie we thought was most deserving of the grand prize: a $2,000 shopping spree from Cooking.com. Five runners-up will receive a $200 gift certificate from Cooking.com.

See the 2008 EatingWell Cookie Contest winners.

The Top 10 Holiday Cookie Recipes Angel Delights Pineapple Coconut Bites Dark Chocolate Florentines Raspberry Lemon Ring-Finger Cookies Lava Rocks Two-Bite Biscotti Lusciously Nutty Holiday Logs White Chocolate, Cherry & Pecan Cookie Maine Memory Bites Yummy Molasses Crackles