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Article: Peppermint Cream Cheese treat still a winner
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- December 27, 2006
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APERK of being a judge at our annual Holiday Cookie and Candy
contest isn't necessarily getting to taste all of the winning
entries. It's sampling dozens of other goodies, many of which could
have been contenders.
But as you might have read in our Dec. 13 Food section, where we
announced the winners, narrowing down the field from 40 entries to a
few finalists isn't easy. The harsh reality is that sometimes the
best man -- er, cookie -- doesn't always receive its just desserts.
I felt that way about Elsa Bouman's Peppermint Cream Cheese Bars,
and I lobbied unsuccessfully on their sweet behalf to name them
finalists.
The bars -- full of crushed candy canes in a cream cheese filling
between ...