Sarah Kieffer
Sarah Kieffer is the voice behind the Saveur award–winning Vanilla Bean Blog. She is a self-taught baker who worked in professional bakeries and coffee shops and made the decision to become a home baker after her two children were born. When she’s not baking, she enjoys reading and re-reading favorite books, spending time with her family, and drinking too much coffee.
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German Buttercream (Crème Mousseline)
Llike a leveled-up pastry cream enriched with whipped butter, German buttercream is the ideal filling for cakes and pastries.
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White Chocolate Brownies With Toasted Sesame Caramel
Toasted sesame oil may be great in savory dishes, but it’s even better when paired with sugar and white chocolate, like in these white chocolate brownies.
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Cruffins
In this brunch pastry, muffins meet croissants: Cruffins are flaky, extravagant morning treats worth all the effort.
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Cheater’s Croissant Dough
This recipe skips the butter in a block, and instead lets you spread room-temperature butter over the surface of the dough.
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Sesame Chocolate Rye Breakfast Cookies
With sesame seeds, pecans, orange pieces, poppy seeds, and chocolate, these breakfast cookies really do have it all.
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Lemon Meringue Bread
This lemon meringue bread gets better the longer it sits—on days two and three it really shines.
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Pan-Banging Ginger Molasses Cookies
The warm spices in this cookie are always welcome in the cool winter months, but still hit the spot in the heat of the summer.
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French Silk Pie Bars
Flaky pie crust meets rich chocolate filling in these handheld French silk pie bars.
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Everything Breakfast Pretzels
Milk bread dough is the secret to these pretzels' extra soft texture.
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Raspberry Rye Cookies
Freeze-dried raspberries boost the flavor of these raspberry cookies, which are made with a touch of toasty rye flour.
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Lemon Oat Bars
These lemon oat bars are a great make ahead dessert, perfect for holidays, gatherings, or just afternoon snacking.
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Marshmallow-Stuffed Hot Chocolate Cake
Have your hot chocolate and eat it too with this cake that's tunneled with marshmallow filling and topped with chocolate ganache and toasted marshmallows.
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Tiramisu Bundt Cake
A generous soaking of espresso syrup is the last step in making this tiramisu-inspired Bundt cake.
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Peppermint Bark
This peppermint bark is made with not one, but three kinds of chocolate: milk, bittersweet, and white. It’s a stunning, festive sweet to make for yourself and loved ones during holiday season.
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Caramel Candies
These caramel candies are a joy to make and give to loved ones. Make the original, then try your hand at orange caramels, espresso caramels, and salted caramels.