A fresh batch of deliciously distinctive recipes from the Star Tribune ’s beloved annual cookie contest—with even more recipes, enticing photographs, and bakers’ stories Cold winters call for warm kitchens and cookie baking, especially around the holidays. The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book, a compendium of Minnesota’s rich baking traditions and innovative recipes, stirs up winning treats from twenty years of the Star Tribune ’s popular holiday cookie contest. Significantly expanding and updating its 2018 predecessor, The Great Minnesota Cookie Book, this collection features thirty-five new recipes, including Grasshoppers and Dark Chocolate Fig Rolls, Tiramisu Twists and Cardamom Cherry Buttons, Diablo Snowballs, Spumoni Squares, and Maple-Roasted Walnut Delights. This sweet-tooth treasure trove of cookie recipes will inspire bakers to discover how many ways flour, sugar, butter, and eggs (plus several unexpected ingredients) can be combined to create new favorites for the holidays—or any time of year. The best of the best, these contest-winning cookies are accompanied by beautiful photographs and baking tips, insights, and essays. Indulge in these delightful, mouth-watering recipes while Minnesota’s best bakers share stories of cherished holiday traditions, recall memorable cookie moments, and celebrate how baking brings us together. "Everything from swirls, crescents, pinwheels, shortbread, and pistachio “pine cones” will have mouths watering and bakers ready to create cookie gift plates this winter."— Booklist   "A welcome gift to any baker hoping to augment their holiday cookie repertoire."— Library Journal   "Another must-have cookie book."— Eat Your Books   "It’s bigger, better and even more full of deliciousness, featuring only the cream of the crop of flour, butter and sugar creations — including 35 that weren’t in 2018′s [ The Great Minnesota Cookie Book ]."— Minnesota Star Tribune   "[ The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book ], a 328-page collection of award-winning recipes from two decades of the Star Tribune ’s holiday cookie contest, mixes beautiful photographs, tips, essays, and insights for expert and novice bakers alike into a delectably delicious compilation of confections."— Midwest Design   "This book is an absolute must."— Northern Wilds   "Everything from swirls, crescents, pinwheels, shortbread, and pistachio “pine cones” will have mouths watering and bakers ready to create cookie gift plates this winter."— Booklist   "A welcome gift to any baker hoping to augment their holiday cookie repertoire."— Library Journal   "Another must-have cookie book."— Eat Your Books   "Everything from swirls, crescents, pinwheels, shortbread, and pistachio “pine cones” will have mouths watering and bakers ready to create cookie gift plates this winter."— Booklist   "A welcome gift to any baker hoping to augment their holiday cookie repertoire."— Library Journal   "Another must-have cookie book."— Eat Your Books   "It’s bigger, better and even more full of deliciousness, featuring only the cream of the crop of flour, butter and sugar creations — including 35 that weren’t in 2018′s [ The Great Minnesota Cookie Book ]."— Minnesota Star Tribune   "[ The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book ], a 328-page collection of award-winning recipes from two decades of the Star Tribune ’s holiday cookie contest, mixes beautiful photographs, tips, essays, and insights for expert and novice bakers alike into a delectably delicious compilation of confections."— Midwest Design   "This book is an absolute must."— Northern Wilds     "Everything from swirls, crescents, pinwheels, shortbread, and pistachio “pine cones” will have mouths watering and bakers ready to create cookie gift plates this winter."— Booklist   "A welcome gift to any baker hoping to augment their holiday cookie repertoire."— Library Journal   "Another must-have cookie book."— Eat Your Books   "It’s bigger, better and even more full of deliciousness, featuring only the cream of the crop of flour, butter and sugar creations — including 35 that weren’t in 2018′s [ The Great Minnesota Cookie Book ]."— Minnesota Star Tribune   Lee Svitak Dean was the longtime food editor at the Star Tribune, where she guided the Taste section to multiple James Beard Awards, an Emmy, and national recognition as “Best Food Section.” She is author of Come One, Come All: Easy Entertaining with Seasonal Menus .   Rick Nelson was the Star Tribune ’s restaurant critic and food writer for twenty-four years. He is a James Beard Award winner, and his writing has been included in four editions of the annual Best Food Writing anthology, which highlights the finest American food journalism.