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100 Morning Treats

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100 Morning Treats by Sarah Kieffer

Sarah Kieffer’s first cookbook, 100 Cookies, is a favorite of mine, and I especially like her recipes for Neapolitan Cookies and Cinnamon Roll Blondies. I’ve been in more of a savory baking mode than sweet lately. I’ve made and can easily recommend four recipes from her brand-new cookbook, 100 Morning Treats: Ginger Orange Carrot Bread, Toasting Bread, Crème Fraîche, and especially the Overnight Crème Fraîche Waffles. This recipe makes quite a few waffles, and there are still some in my freezer.
Next up are probably Chocolate Pudding Bundt Cake and Cinnamon Scones. There are quite a few other recipes I’d like to try, including Milk Chocolate Rye Bread and Popovers with Fig Butter. Sarah’s recipe directions are clearly written, and there are one or more color photos for most of the recipes. Many of her delicious recipes, including the Ginger Orange Carrot Bread, can be found at Vanilla Bean Blog.

Happy Baking!
Brenda

100 Cookies

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100 Cookies by Sarah Kieffer

Cookies shown include Thumbprint Cookies, Neapolitan Cookies, Cinnamon Roll Blondies, and Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies. The Neapolitan cookies, made with a vanilla sugar cookie dough to which one part has cocoa powder added, and another part pureed freeze-dried strawberries, is always popular. I make some without strawberries for the vanilla and chocolate fans. These disappeared first, along with the Chocolate Oatmeal cookies. These are one of Kieffer’s famous pan-banging cookies, where you lift up the edge of the sheet pan then drop it with a bang a few times during baking to add ripples to the dough and make the edges crispy while the middle remains soft and chewy. I make the cookies rather smaller than the recipe, and the method doesn’t really produce ripples, though the cookies are delicious. The slightly less gorgeous Cinnamon Roll Blondies and Thumbprint cookies are tender and delicious. Kieffer includes a chocolate bark recipe, but I used a different one here. All told, this is a delicious platter of cookies made from recipes I had tried before. These cookies all freeze well after baking, for at least one month. Another favorite is her Lemon Oat Bars. I am really looking forward to Kieffer’s forthcoming cookbook: 100 Morning Treats, to be published this May.

Brenda