🍫 new recipe! Ultimate Chocolate Cookies, for a 🍫 new recipe! Ultimate Chocolate Cookies, for all my fellow chocolate lovers. The combination of two different kinds of @ghirardelli chocolate and cocoa powder is superb; the chocolate flavor is deep and dark thanks to the cocoa and dark wafers, and the milk chocolate adds a creamy, light contrast. These cookies are rich and delicious, with a sprinkle of flaky salt to finish. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I'm very excited about Ghirardelli's professional line of chocolate; there are more varieties to choose from, and the bigger bags are perfect for recipe testing, holiday baking, and snacking! The 5 pound bags have honestly been more economical for me (and maybe you, too) with the increase in chocolate prices and holiday baking season beginning. I know I will be going through a lot of chocolate in the next few months! And their Majestic Cocoa Powder is incredible. When I was recipe testing with it, I noticed the difference with one bite of the cookies. Ghirardelli uses the heart of the cacao bean, called the nib, to create this premium dutch-processed cocoa. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🍫 Link to the recipe in my profile!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #Ghirardelli #cookierecipe #cookiejar #allthechocolate
Swapped M&M’s for chocolate chips in my Chocolat Swapped M&M’s for chocolate chips in my Chocolate Chip Cookies 2.0, and they turned out soooo good. I used 6 oz M&M’s for the chocolate, half chopped. (p.s. My oven broke this week 😫so I’m a little behind on getting that 4th new cookie recipe to you, but in the meantime, hope you enjoy these.) ❤️ Link to the recipe in my profile!
If you’ve watched my stories, you know I love gr If you’ve watched my stories, you know I love growing dahlias. 💓 They also make a big, beautiful statement on cakes. The pink was perfect for this Chocolate Cake with Basil Buttercream. This fragrant herb of summer pairs so naturally with chocolate, much like mint does, and I love the freshness it adds to the sweet buttercream. I know it might seem like an unusual flavor combination, but once you try it, I think you’ll know why I fell in love with it 18 years ago. And it’s a delicious way to use up an abundance of basil before garden season ends.⁣ ⁣ 🌸 Link to the recipe in my profile!⁣ ⁣ _________________⁣ ⁣ #cakebaking #cakerecipe #buttercreamfrosting #dahliaseason ⁣
🌟 new recipe! Half-and-Half White Chocolate Ras 🌟 new recipe! Half-and-Half White Chocolate Raspberry Cookies. I decided to try and hang on to summer for just a bit longer by incorporating raspberry into this vibrant and fruity sugar cookie. 💓The result is a buttery, delicious cookie with excellent flavor: the white chocolate and raspberry shine in each bite. Eaten just cooled, they have crisp edges and a soft, tender center. ⁣ ⁣ Link to the RECIPE in my profile!⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ________⁣ #raspberrycookie #bakingcookies #cookierecipe #sugarcookie
⭐️ new recipe! Seven Layer Cookies. Gooey, cru ⭐️ new recipe! Seven Layer Cookies. Gooey, crunchy, buttery, and delicious all at once. They’re versatile, too. I have a great love for Seven Layer Bars, which is where the inspiration came from. There is no sweetened condensed milk or graham crackers like Seven Layer Bars traditionally include, but still seven layers of goodness: chocolate, butterscotch, potato chips, corn flakes, dulcey pearls, cacao nibs, and marshmallows.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🍪 These cookies are simple to make and hit all the high notes. Link to the RECIPE in my profile! ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ______________⁣ #cookierecipe #bakingblog #bakingcookies #cookiejar
Twenty years ago today I married Adam Kieffer. I w Twenty years ago today I married Adam Kieffer. I walked down the aisle on only 3 hours of sleep; the night before our big day brought thunder, hours upon hours of crazy loud thunder that made it impossible to drift off. I remember tiny snippets of everything: my dad whispering at me to slow down as I walked down the aisle, my necklace breaking halfway through the ceremony and beads spilling everywhere, talking and talking and talking to everyone. I remember my slice of wedding cake cleared before I could even have one bite, and still feeling sad to this day about it. (Chocolate cake with Chocolate Baileys buttercream! I heard it was delicious.)   Aimee Nezhukamatathil wrote, “Flour on the floor makes my sandals slip and I tumble into your arms,” and that image sums up Adam and I quite nicely. Twenty years married, twenty-five together, all those years with me slightly tripping, and him there, waiting, always with the catch. Adam, my life is beautiful because you are in it. Thank you for making me laugh every single day, for always starting the hard conversations, for being open to change, for being my best friend. You’re my favorite one.   The cake photo is because every year I think to myself “Oh hey, I’ll make that wedding cake I missed out on” and then every year I don’t. Other random photos of us, around that time, and two snippets of video we found a couple years ago from our wedding. ❤️❤️
Cinnamon rolls officially devoured. Now to pretend Cinnamon rolls officially devoured. Now to pretend I’m not sneaking pieces of the leftovers all afternoon. 😂 Hope you have a nice long weekend! (Link to this recipe in my profile.)
🍪 new recipe! Soft and Chewy M&M Cookies, becau 🍪 new recipe! Soft and Chewy M&M Cookies, because there is always a need for a nostalgic cookie that doesn’t require much work or pretension. At least, that’s what my kids tell me on a weekly basis. They request these cookies often and I’m always happy they do, as I love them too. The bit of crunch from the candies is welcomed, and I find that milk chocolate works perfectly in these soft baked cookies. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Link to the RECIPE in my profile!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⭐️⭐️ p.s. This is the 1st of 4 (!) new cookies recipes I’ll be sharing over the next 4 weeks as I tend to bake more treats that are ready for the kids when they get home from school, and maybe you do too. ❤️⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ___________⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #mandms #cookierecipe #softbatchcookies #cookiejar
giveaway closed, winners notified. // Today is #10 giveaway closed, winners notified. // Today is #100Cookies 3rd birthday 🎉, (and my bday, too 😊), so let’s celebrate! 3 lucky winners will receive signed copies of the book. ❤️⁣ ⁣ We were 6 months into the pandemic when 100 Cookies came out in 2020, and baking supplies were hit or miss. Your response to this book blew me away (and continues to): so many cookies baked each day! Many of you have even baked your way through the entire book! Three years later and you are still pan-banging and hashtagging #100cookies on a daily basis, and I am truly honored that these recipes have been beloved in your home kitchens. Thank you, thank you, again and again, for your support and kindness over the years.⁣ And thank you to @chroniclebooks for believing in my books! ⁣ To say thanks, I am doing a 100 Cookies giveaway.... ⁣ ⁣ **To enter, follow @sarah_kieffer and leave a comment below! 3 random winners will be notified on Monday, open to everyone!
🎉 Sprinkles and mini chips version of my Chocol 🎉 Sprinkles and mini chips version of my Chocolate Chip Cookies 2.0! 🍪 A fun treat for back to school. ❤️ Simply use 1/3 cup sprinkles (jimmies) and 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips to replace the chocolate in the recipe. **Link to it in my profile! ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ______________⁣ #cookierecipe #chocolatechipcookie #bakingcookies #cookiejar #bakingblog #cookiemaking #makingcookies
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