COLOSSAL COOKIE CONTEST, KEEPSAKE EDITION; CONTEST CLOSES WITH TASTY TREATS

You've already got milk. Want some cookies to go along with it?

If the answer's yes -- and why wouldn't it be -- check out today's Food Page for more than 100 favorite recipes for holiday cookies from Southeast Missourian readers.

Denise Bailey of Jackson won first place in the Colossal Cookie Contest with her recipe for Santa's Whiskers cookies.

Bailey won a 26-week subscription to the Southeast Missourian.

Second place went to Carol Bierschwal of Cape Girardeau, who submitted her recipe for Nutty Chocolate Caramel Bars.

Bierschwal won a 13-week subscription and a comic strip umbrella.

Marjorie Swan of Pocahontas won third place with her recipe, Nina's Rich, Chewy Oatmeal Cookie, and her prize was a comic strip umbrella.

Other semi-finalists included: Helen Parker-Calhoun of Bell City; Denise McDowell of Jackson; Marianne Schroeder of Cape Girardeau; Sandy Minter of Cape Girardeau; Judy Reed of Jackson; Carolyn Pickens of Jackson; Betty McCart of Cape Girardeau and Mary Jeanne Weber of Jackson.

Each will receive copies of Jean Bell Mosley's "Seeds on the Wind" for their baking efforts.