"The kitchen at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College whirred to life that Sunday morning, when culinary instructors and students baked through all 25 recipes, dipping cookies into white chocolate, zesting what looked like a grove's worth of oranges for frosting, and creating a veritable blizzard of finely sifted powdered sugar. Batches cooled on towers of metal racks, and when ready, the cookies were placed systematically on a grid that spread across two large tables."
"This year, after eight years on hiatus, the L.A. Times reprised its Holiday Cookie Bake-Off, wherein reader-submitted recipes vie for publication. We received more than 150 recipes for consideration, collecting dozens upon dozens of cookies worth leaving out for Santa. The staff of L.A. Times Food considered the recipes, stories, inspirations and holiday themes to narrow these entries down to around 75 contenders and then further - after days of deliberation - painstakingly whittled them to 25 finalists."
More than 150 reader-submitted cookie recipes were collected and narrowed by the L.A. Times Food staff to about 75 contenders and then to 25 finalists. The 25 finalists were baked in a Los Angeles Trade-Technical College commercial kitchen by instructors and students, with tasks including dipping cookies in white chocolate, zesting oranges for frosting, and sifting powdered sugar. Batches cooled on metal racks and were arranged on a numbered grid so judges could taste blind. The judging panel included pastry chefs Ben Sidell, Lara Adekoya and Sherry Yard, instructor Robert Wemischner, Laurie Ochoa, Betty Hallock, Danielle Dorsey and Brandon Ly.
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