Holiday cookie bake-off
The five finalists in the sixth Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off.
(Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)Beth Corman Lee was a finalist for her rose, cardamom and pistachio snowballs.
(Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)Rose, cardamom and pistachio snowballs by Beth Corman Lee.
(Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)Jessica Levy, holding her Linzer cookies.
(Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)Linzer cookies by Jessica Levy.
(Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)Fiona Marshall, with salted caramel snickerdoodles.
(Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)Salted caramel snickerdoodles cookies by Fiona Marshall.
(Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)Deborah Pappalau, holding Mexican chocolate Christmas cookies.
(Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)Holiday kids cookies by Suki Wada.
(Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)