3 Must-Bake Cookie Recipes for This Holiday Season—Or Anytime

Tri-color Neapolitan cookies, and more from cookie queen Sarah Kieffer's new baking book

Tri-color Neapolitan cookies, a whimsical take on a classic sugar cookie, are among the joy-sparking standouts in Sarah Kieffer's new baking book. Sarah Kieffer

Kick off your holiday baking season with a bang—of your cookie pan, that is.

“Pan-banging,” as baking blogger Sarah Kieffer has coined her signature cookie technique, is the trick behind the crisp, rippled edges and soft, gooey centers of her internet-breaking chocolate chip cookies.