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10 holiday baking tips from author Sarah Kieffer

Dec 5, 2024 | startribune.com | Sarah Kieffer

10 holiday baking tips from author Sarah KiefferHow to ensure a successful baking session, from ingredient do’s and dont’s to mailing cookies. For the Minnesota Star TribuneDecember 5, 2024 at 12:00PMSturdy cookies, like the Vanilla Bean Sables from Sarah Kieffer's "Baking for the Holidays" (Chronicle Books, 2021), are more suitable for mailing. (Sarah Kieffer/guest)Sarah Kieffer knows a thing or two about cookies.
Thanksgiving dessert recipes to feed a crowd

Nov 20, 2024 | startribune.com | Sarah Kieffer

Meanwhile, make the pumpkin filling: In a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin purée, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, salt, nutmeg and cloves until smooth. Adjust an oven rack to the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease and line a 9- by 13-inch pan with a parchment paper sling. Make sure your work surface is lightly floured, then roll the dough into 9- by 13-inch rectangle. Transfer the dough to the prepared pan.
SEC Filers: Time To Get Ready For EDGAR Next

Nov 11, 2024 | mondaq.com | Sarah Kieffer

The SEC has upgraded its long-standing EDGAR system with necessary security changes. These critical updates include changes to filer access and account management, as well as modernizing their API connections. Historically, filers have received one login credential, which is passed around to various individuals for filings, raising the question of security over these confidential and impactful filings.
Upskilling CPAs: The Intersection Of Technology And Storytelling

Oct 23, 2024 | mondaq.com | Sarah Kieffer

Technology is an integral part of most corporate roles in today's business environment. The combination of tech skills and a deep understanding of business fundamentals come together in the modern accountant. While CPAs are no stranger to continuing education, an intentional focus on developing their technology skillset is an imminent requirement for our professional future.
Sarah Kieffer’s Minnesota spin on Texas sheet cake

Sep 4, 2024 | startribune.com | Sarah Kieffer

Sarah Kieffer’s updated version has a deeper chocolate flavor, candied nuts and can still feed a crowd. By Sarah KiefferFor the Minnesota Star TribuneSeptember 4, 2024 at 1:45PMMinnesota Sheet Cake has a deeper chocolate flavor than its inspiration, Texas sheet cake. (Sarah Kieffer)Minnesota has found itself in the news over the past few weeks, as our very own governor is now on the campaign trail.
Sarah Kieffer’s secret to fruit-filled scones

Jul 31, 2024 | www2.startribune.com | Sarah Kieffer

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle, combine the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt. Add the butter and mix on low speed until the flour-coated pieces are the size of peas. Remove the bowl from the mixer and use a spatula to fold the wet ingredients into the dry until just combined. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead four to six times, until it comes together, adding more flour as necessary if the dough is sticky.
No-churn peanut butter ice cream makes a decadent cake

Jul 2, 2024 | startribune.com | Sarah Kieffer

The year was 2002, and I was gleefully unwrapping an ice cream maker that someone had graciously given me as a wedding present. Yes, I had registered for it, but it was still thrilling holding that box, imagining all the ice cream I was going to make for friends and family in our new little apartment. However, not much ice cream was made in this shiny new machine, because before I had time to learn how to use it, I had discovered no-churn ice cream.
Tips and a recipe for baking for a crowd

Jun 5, 2024 | startribune.com | Sarah Kieffer

"And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days," Keats wrote, and I must agree. This summer month is almost faultless. Extra-long days filled with sitting on patios and glorious sunsets, and those three sweet words my children can't wait to hear: School is out. June, of course, is filled with many opportunities to bake up a storm with graduations, open houses, grill-outs, potlucks, swim parties and summer solstice celebrations.
Proper mixing the key to top-notch cakes and cookies

May 1, 2024 | startribune.com | Sarah Kieffer

Early in my baking career, around age 10, I set out to make a batch of chocolate chip cookies without any parental guidance. We had no fancy machinery in our kitchen, so I got out our giant glass mixing bowl and overused wooden spoon and got to work.
Reading in a Winter Wonderland

Apr 9, 2024 | montgomerymag.com | Sarah Kieffer

To some, winter’s not a season but a “celebration.” Some even call it “The most wonderful time of the year.” To be fair, those scarf-wearing fans of shortened days have a point. Who could forget the childhood tradition of wearing pj’s inside-out in hopes of gaining a snow day? Or the wind-whisking fun of sledding? But if the weather outside is just too frightful, it’s always delightful to curl up on the couch with your marshmallow-topped hot cocoa and crack open the cover of a good book.