100 Cookies by Sarah Kieffer is a baking book that is packed full of amazing ideas and recipes for creating yummy treats. The instructions are well-written and easy to follow with many beautiful images to accompany them. Also, the pan-banging technique that the author has featured in many of the recipes makes for an incredible cookie experience.
Title: 100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen, with Classic Cookies, Novel Treats, Brownies, Bars, and MoreAuthor: Sarah Kieffer
Also by this author: Baking for the Holidays: 50+ Treats for a Festive Season
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Genres: Cookbook, Lifestyle
Publication Date: August 25, 2020
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From celebrated blogger Sarah Kieffer of The Vanilla Bean Baking Blog!
100 Cookies is a go-to baking resource featuring 100 recipes for cookies and bars, organized into seven chapters.
Chocolatey, fruity, crispy, chewy, classic, inventive—there's a foolproof recipe for the perfect treat for everyone in this book.
• Introduces innovative baking techniques
• Includes an entire chapter dedicated to Kieffer's "pan banging" technique that ensures crisp edges and soft centers for the most delicious cookies
• Nearly every recipe is accompanied by a photograph.Recipes range from the Classic Chocolate Chip made three different ways, to bars, brownies, and blondies that reflect a wide range of flavors and global inspiration.
This is the comprehensive-yet-charming cookbook every cookie lover (or those who love to bake cookies) needs.
❃ I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. ❃
Review: 100 Cookies by Sarah Kieffer
If there is one dessert that is my favourite to make, it is a cookie. 100 Cookies has so many ideas that there is really something for almost everyone within its pages. Having never heard of pan-banging before, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this book. It is an absolute game-changer for anyone who loves cookies.
The book is well laid out and divided into sections:
- Introduction (including tips and equipment)
- The Classics
- Brownies + Blondies
- Fruitextravaganza
- The Next Level
- Time to Play
- Pan-Banging Cookies
- Mix + Match
- Extras
❀ Will Step-Up Your Cookie Game
It was hard to decide which cookie to start with, but I eventually settled on the Snickerdoodles. The recipe itself is quite similar to ones that I have created before, but the method of banging the cookie tray multiple times provided fantastic results. By lifting the tray and letting it fall back onto the rack every few minutes during baking creates these amazing ripples. If you love the crispy outside of a cookie, this is one idea that will step up your cookie game.
Snickerdoodles
❀ Fun and Interesting Collection of Recipes
100 Cookies by Sarah Kieffer is a definite win if you love to create desserts and are looking for new ideas. Also, a fun inclusion to the book is a playlist created by the author. This is such a lovely and interesting collection of recipes that will really make for some relaxing and stress-relieving time spent in the kitchen.
About Sarah Kieffer
Sarah Kieffer is the self-taught baker, photographer, and blogger behind The Vanilla Bean Blog. She lives in Minnesota.
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Bam I gained 5 LB 😂 that book just seems perfect!
LOL I feel that, Sophie!
YUM! This book is DANGEROUS!
I completely agree!
COOKIES YUM!! 😀
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My thoughts exactly!
Yummy!
Yummy. Now I’m craving some snacks:)
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That’s the goal! 🙂
I feel like the cookie monster,
Ha!
Oooh this sounds amazing! You can never go wrong with more cookie recipes 🙂
Right?! I can’t get enough of them.
I so need this book. My kids and I love baking cookies and other sweets, and this could help up our game!
The pan-banging idea is so much fun! It would be so great to try it with kids. 🙂
yummy!! I love desserts, this looks like a great book
Same!!
LOL the ironic thing is that my favorite cookies are actually no bake cookies. HAHA.
Ha! I do love a no-bake cookie, too! 😉
This is a book I need in my life!
Yes! You do!
This sounds like a fun baking book and one that I would love to have thanks for sharing.
I hope that you enjoy it if you give it a try!
Yum! I am interested in that “pan banging” technique. This sounds like a wonderful cookie book. Definitely on my wishlist. Thanks for sharing.
It is such an easy, yet incredible method!
We love cookies! This sounds like a great book!
It absolutely is!
I love cookies and I love baking them–i just baked soft and moist blueberry oatmeal cookies yesterday. I’ve tried the “bang the tray” method for my chocolate chip cookies and it works.
Ooooh! I have a craving for those! I need to try it with chocolate chip cookies. 🙂
lots of recipes
I love Cookies! That pic looks Yummy 🤤
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
My kids would definitely appreciate me getting this book!
I bet they would! 🙂
Love cookies.This has got to be awesome.
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This does sound really nice. I used to take cookie cookbooks out from the library, but since Covid, that doesn’t work out anymore. I need my own collection, this is a good start!
I haven’t baked anything sweet in years as Dad was a diabetic but maybe it’s time to start again.
thanks for your review. oh but this sounds wonderful. I have never heard of pan banging either. interesting
This book looks (sounds) fantastic. Who doesn’t love cookies?