A Cookie with Character

Her “house cookie” is famous for its unique technique and irresistible rippled edges, but its biggest fans are still her Minneapolis family.

STORY BY EMILY TYRA

BLOGGER AND COOKBOOK AUTHOR Sarah Kieffer never expected that a little baking trick she first tried in ninth grade—tapping the sheet pan in the oven during baking—would have a hand in her most well-loved recipe: Pan-Banging Chocolate Chip Cookies. But why are those gentle raps possibly the most delicious thing one can do to transform an already iconic cookie? Sarah explains, “The pan-banging technique I use in my recipe calls for the sheet pan to be tapped in the oven every few minutes, causing the cookies to ‘fall’ and creating ripples on the edges of the cookie.” This yields a two-textured treat: crunchy outer crinkles that shatter in your mouth and a soft center bursting with chocolate. The self-taught baker dabbled in the technique while working at various coffeehouse-bakeries in Minnesota in…

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Taste of Home (Digital) - 1 Issue, February/March 2022

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