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Christmas cookie contest reveals 11 bakers and five categories
The Gazette features 11 Eastern Iowa bakers who entered a Christmas cookie contest with 27 sugar cookie entries, plus drop, decorated, refrigerator, and specialty categories. Winners are announced across Sugar Cookies, Drop Cookies, Fruitcake, Chocolate Pistachio, Holiday Date-Filled, Fruit Cookies, Graham Cracker Bars, Mississippi Mud Bars, and Heath Bar entries.
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Kathy Toborg
Gazette
Iowa
The
Dixie Byers
Amana
Joseph Loesel
28Th Ave
Pauline Kofron
West Branch
Mari Lansing
27Th Ave
Marion
Lansing
Ann Durscher
West Union
William Farr
Bever Ave
Evy Wells
13Th Ave