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Saturday Spotlight: Top 10 Cookies

Julia M. Usher 1/1/2210:33 PM

Happy New Year! We're kicking off 2022 with a bang! Not only are there so many outstanding cookies on this week's hot list*, but three of the coveted spots go to newcomers @Ira Varinia and @Chinmoyee, and three more go to Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge entries! (Pssst, people! The challenge closes at 5 pm central tomorrow, and the odds of winning the prize are quite good. You're also guaranteed to learn a ton, so don't delay in entering!)

Congrats to all of this week's honorees on their wonderful work, and especially to @PUDING FARM on her amazingly clever all-royal icing cover image. It's exciting to ring in the New Year with such creativity and beauty!

#1: Linked Hearts by The Sweetest Tiers

#2: Mr. & Mrs. Claus by Maggy morsles

#3: Oh Deer by Cookies Fantastique

#4: Gingerbread House by Gingerland

#5: Longest Night by PUDING FARM

#6: Winter Wonderland by Ira Varinia

#7: Simple Cookie Plate in Red, Green, and White by Icingsugarkeks

#8: 16 Cookies to Create a Beautiful House Cookie by Chinmoyee

#9: Ushering in the New Year (Sri Lankan Style) by Zeena

And, last, this intricately piped wintry delight by veteran Spotlightee . . .

#10: Embroidered Stars by Ewa Kiszowara MOJE PIERNIKI

Well done, everyone! I can't wait to see the cookie creations that lie ahead of us in 2022! You're surely off to an impressive start!

* As a reminder, a word about how the rankings are determined: The rankings are not at all subjective. In fact, they are determined essentially by you, our members, and the activity (number of views, likes, and comments) you've bestowed on each photo. The site uses a top-secret algorithm that weighs these various factors to determine which photos are trending most quickly (i.e., are the "hottest") over specified periods of time. As such, the hot list at the time of this announcement may look a little different a few hours or a day from now as more photos are added to the site.

So that no one has an unfair advantage in making it onto a hot list, the algorithm is secret even to site administrators. Only our platform developers know the code, which has been exhaustively tested by those developers and Cookie Connection staff.

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