Cookie Bake-Offathon

hehehe this post is full of pictures of cookies. :) i'm telling you, it's impossible to watch my weight with these dessert-baking contests going on in my workplace. yes, so my lady boss came up with a series of "bake-offathon" she calls it - baking marathon - geddit? :) and for a superb kick start, what is better than everyone's favorite all-time snack, the cooookies!!! the rule of this contest is that no one is allowed to use pre-packed ingredients where adding water and/or eggs, butter is all you gotta do. Nooo! not so easy! you gotta start baking from scratch! they're graded by the tasters on originality, presentation and of course, taste. no reward for guessing if i'm the taster or the baker. :P

vanilla cookies with dolce de leche filling. covered with powdered sugar.

Baghlava. this is a greek dessert, i think. ingredients: almond, pistachio, cumin, milk and egg.

peunut butter chip, american's favorite. :) my brother will like this, it's very crispy.

orange shortbread. one of my favorites. because of the marmalade filling i think.
haven't had those marmalade for the longest time...

charlie cookie baked by a guy named mike. actually he cheated - he said it was his kids who baked for him. -.- this is snicker doodle. charlie is just a name for us tasters to refer to.

this is... uhm. i totally forgot what it was. not oatmeal. toffee something. okay i gave up.

but it's baked by my lady boss. :)

choco-mints, which is a little too sweet for my liking. but it's my 3rd fav. :)

both has coconut fillings in them. but 'Lima' has cream cheese topping. very creative.

this is my #1 favorite!!! everybody let me introduce you to green tea cookie
with dark choc dip and white choc topping. are you salivating yet? :P

moi with my fav cookies. :) minus orange shortbread. (someone took it back to the office.)

guess who's the winner? it's this pretty lady up there, name shall not be disclosed. isn't she pretty? she's good in almost everything, AND she's a sports freak. she runs 9 miles, thats her "normal" run; she cycles to work every day, she participates in volleyball tournaments, and she goes biking on weekends. and the list goes on. but sorry guys she's taken. :P so back to the cookie contest, her prize is that apron, and 47 bucks reward (from all the tasters, $3 each). guess which one is her cookies?? yeppp my fav! the green tea one!!! :)))) dont i have good taste. :P

our 2nd runner up on the left, hers was the one with dolce de leche filling.

and our 1st runner up on the right, with the cream cheese coconut filling cookies.

Thanks everyone, for the wonderful cookies. :)