Slideshow: The 2015 Cookie Cook-Off

The rules of Thomas Aquinas College’s Cookie Cook-Off are simple: Teams get one evening to bake their confections, working entirely from scratch. Recipes and ingredients are left to students’ own devices and imaginations. The next day, a select panel of tutors and administrators evaluate the cookies on the basis of several criteria, including taste and presentation.

This year’s winners:

1st place — “Needle in a Haystack”
2nd place — “Double Stuffed Delights”
3rd place — “The Exposition of Volcanic Qualities”

Honorable mention: “Easy-Peezy Lemon Cheesy,” “Nutella Cookie Cups,” and “The salty Sea”