Share your holiday cookie recipes

One of the joys of Christmas seasons past was the cookie exchange, where a group of bakers -- yes, usually those June Cleaver housewives -- would get together, each bringing a few dozen cookies, to share recipes and the fruits of their labors.

While those days are long gone, we traditional types maintain that the cookie exchange doesn't have to be. In the spirit of the season, we're asking readers to share their favorite cookie recipes. We'll choose 13 -- a baker's dozen -- and ask those readers to bake a small batch and bring it in for tasting and photographs, with the top recipe winning $100. The recipes will be published here Dec. 19, just in time for Christmas baking.

Send recipes to Cookie Exchange, in care of Heidi Knapp Rinella, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0070, fax them to her at 383-4676, or e-mail them to hrinella@reviewjournal.com, with Cookie Exchange in the subject line. Recipes must be received by Dec. 6.