Sarah kieffer

If you’ve logged onto social media in the past year, chances are you’ve come across Sarah Kieffer’s pan-banging chocolate chip cookies. Thanks to a somewhat unusual technique, these cookies have picture-perfect ridges that make for a seriously striking photo. The trick that gives them their unique texture? Banging the cookie sheet tray against the counter every few minutes as the cookies bake — so that the cookies deflate and give way to a distinctive crinkled texture.

Perfectly spiced, ginger molasses cookies with rippled edges and a chewy center. Uses the pan-banging cookie technique to get their famous look!

The 25 best Christmas cookies to make for gift boxes! Sarah Kieffer shares her favorite holiday cookie recipes that pack and ship well.

These melt in your mouth vanilla shortbread cookies are buttery and delightful. This recipe has both granulated and confectioner's sugar for the perfect texture. Easy to make and they store well for cookie boxes.

I love reviewing cookbooks. I don’t often cook from cookbooks actually, since for the most part I look for recipes based on ingredients instead of finding what I want to cook and purchasing the ing…

MN-based baker Sarah Kieffer (of pan-banging fame) shares her Neapolitan cookie recipe from her "100 Cookies" book

The Minnesota creator of The Vanilla Bean Blog has a new cookie cookbook out, and she’s flat-out the best pan banger.

Tender and delicious oatmeal scones with a maple glaze, with an easy preparation.

These chocolate chip cookies have perfectly crisp edges, a gooey center, plenty of chocolate flavor, and a beautiful crinkly top. Can be baked right away, no chill time necessary.

I like my cinnamon rolls super soft and gooey, so I put a thin layer of the icing over them while they are still warm. The icing melts into the just baked rolls, eliminating any hard corners or edges. If you prefer a little crispy crunch to your cinnamon rolls, you can wait until they have cooled and then top them with all the icing.