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THE ULTIMATE MINNESOTA COOKIE BOOK event at Southdale Center Court with the Minnesota Star Tribune, Lee Svitak Dean, and Rick Nelson

December 5, 2024 @ 11:00 am 12:00 pm CST

Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson will join the Minnesota Star Tribune Taste staff at Southdale Center on Thursday, December 5, at 11:00 a.m. CST for its Holiday Cookie Contest festivities, where guests can sample this year’s winning cookie recipes. Lee and Rick will sign copies their new book, The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book: 100 Best Recipes from the Star Tribune’s Holiday Cookie Contest, based on the contest’s first two decades of recipes.

This event is free and open to the public.


A compendium of Minnesota’s rich baking traditions and innovative recipes, The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book stirs up winning treats from twenty years of the Star Tribune’s popular holiday cookie contest. From Tiramisu Twists to Cardamom Cherry Buttons, these winning recipes are accompanied by beautiful photographs and baking tips that 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

Southdale Center

10 Southdale Ctr
Edina, Minnesota 55435 United States
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