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Your recipes are in and now it’s time to vote in the Tribune’s 40th annual Holiday Cookie Contest.

Readers can vote once per day below for the recipe they want to see advance to the final round. Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 23.

Tribune staffers will then bake the 12 recipes that receive the most votes, though the food team can select a 13th finalist with the “Joe Gray Save,” named after a former dining editor, if we see a worthy recipe that should move on.

Remember, first place wins $250 cash; second place, $150; third place, $50, so get your votes in! We’ll publish the three winning recipes in print and online Dec. 2.

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See recipes submissions here and vote below in the Tribune’s 40th annual Holiday Cookie Contest.
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A
Anita Superson's cornstarch cookies
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B
POPS' PISTACHIO SNOWCAPS by Carl Ioos
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C
Harry Bielawski's Oh Damm, M&M Elevated
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D
Grammy's Christmas Stained Glass by Catherine and Dr. Joseph ODonnell
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E
Marissa Begun's Italian Pizzelle
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F
Alden Gartrell's Sticky Toffee Date Cookie
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G
Ellen Brady's Coffee-Choco-Cinnamon Bites
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H
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookie by Angelina Maestranzi
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I
Miriam Gutierrez Correa's Mexican Wedding Cakes
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J
Jim Wagner's Spiced Orange Holiday Cookies
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K
Jeanne White's Forget Me Nut Cookie
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L
Andrew Yohanan's Strawberry-Pandan Pinwheel Cookies
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M
Alice Stanley Dervin's Brunsli
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N
Andy's famous chocolate chunk cookies by Andy Litchfield
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O
Holly J Kramer's Pumpkinator
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P
Ana Fernatt's Spiced Crumble Cranberry Cookie
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Q
Marcey Lieberman's Chocolate mint chip cookies
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R
Caroline Chvala's White Chocolate Dipped Ginger Cookies
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S
Nana's Painted Pears by Kathleen Garness
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T
Sheila Maloney's Irish shortbread with Nutella filling
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U
Mom’s cut-out cookies by Carol Strickley
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V
Laine Casey's Butter Pecan Toffee Cookies
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W
Dawn Maxwell's Christmas in The Loop
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X
Jesse Kimball's Butterscotch Buttons
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Y
Mary H. Kim's Triple Ginger Salted Lemon Delights
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Z
Dor's Apricot Bars by Cary Shemroske
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AA
Don Saccomonto's Ultimate Chocolate Fudge Brookies
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AB
Sudeepti Nareddy's Chai there, Apple Pie!
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AC
Scottish Shortbread by Bruce M Innes
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AD
Raymond Orsolini's Starlight Mint Surprise Cookies

 

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