Food Network searched for the Ultimate Cookie Recipe. After a nationwide recipe contest, nine finalists competed in three rounds: Chocolate Cookie, Spice Cookie and Dessert Bar Cookie. A panel of food experts determined whose cookie was the best. See who walks away the winner of $25,000!
COMPETITORS: Chocolate Cookie
Jennifer DietrickRecipe: Grappa infused Chocolate Chocolate Chunk Cookies Hometown: Hellertown, Pa.
Ashley BermanRecipe: Double Chocolate Cherry Cookies Hometown: Astoria, N.Y.
Rob Standley -- Winner!Recipe: Radical Rob's Chocolate Chip Cookies Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Spice Cookie
Sean LaFondRecipe: White Beer Cookies Hometown: Urbana, Ill.
Nancy VaziriRecipe: Persian Pistachio-Cardamom Thins Hometown: Frankfort, Ill.
Camilla Saulsbury -- COOKIE GRAND PRIZE WINNER!Recipe: Exotic Spice Cookies with Ginger, Cardamom and Rose Water Hometown: Nacogdoches, Texas
Dessert Bar CookieColita RussRecipe: Pineapple Cheesecake Bar Hometown: Antelope, Calif.
Susan ScarboroughRecipe: Sweet and Salty Double Nut Toffee Brownie Bars Hometown: Fernandina Beach, Fla.
Camilla Saulsbury -- Winner!Recipe: Oaxaca Fudge Bars with Cashew-Crumb Topping Hometown: Nacogdoches, Texas