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Blueberry Brioche Danish
These Blueberry Brioche Danishes are rich, pillowy soft and layered with a velvety smooth cream cheese center, a juicy homemade blueberry jam and buttery cinnamon sugar crumble topping. The contrast in textures and flavors from the lightly sweet, soft dough to the tangy cream cheese, vibrant blueberry jam and crunchy cinnamon sugar crumble creates a…
Brownie Cups
These Brownie Cups have shiny, crinkly tops with crisp edges and fudgy, chewy centers. The brownie cups are loaded with chocolate chips, so each bite is filled with warm, melty chocolate. These only take a few minutes to make and can be made as jumbo brownie cups or bite sized brownie cups. The key to…
Lemon Blueberry Ricotta Cake
This Lemon Blueberry Ricotta Cake is moist, fluffy, and filled with plenty of ripe, juicy blueberries. This cake is ultra moist, and has a delicious velvety crumb, thanks to the ricotta cheese. This cake is easy to make and takes just a few minutes to mix together. You can leave the cake plain and dust…
Brown Butter Cinnamon Rolls
These brown butter cinnamon rolls feature the delicious caramelized, nutty flavors of brown butter in the dough, brown sugar cinnamon filling and icing. These cinnamon rolls are ultra soft, fluffy and only require one 60-minute rise, or make them the night before so that all you have to do is bake them the next day….
Berry Cake
This simple berry cake is loaded with fresh or frozen mixed berries and has the most delicious crackly sugar top. The berries are tossed in a cinnamon sugar mixture, then fresh lemon juice is squeezed over the berry mixture, which brightens the flavors of the berries and balances the sweetness. The berries are folded into…
Big Mac Smash Tacos
These Big Mac Smash Tacos feature crispy, browned beef on a soft homemade flour tortilla. The tacos are topped with a homemade Big Mac sauce, crunch romaine lettuce, melty American cheese and bread and butter pickles. The ground beef is smashed directly onto the tortilla, then cooked in a hot pan until crispy. The tortilla…
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Gingerbread Cheesecake
This Gingerbread Cheesecake is velvety smooth, creamy and flavored with all of the warm spices you love in gingerbread cookies. The cheesecake is sweetened with brown sugar and molasses, and has a delicious blend of gingerbread spices that make your house smell amazing as this bakes! The delicious filing sits on top of a buttery…
Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
These Overnight Cinnamon Rolls are ultra soft, gooey and perfect to make for the holidays, for busy mornings and for when you have friends and family over. The cream cheese frosting melts into the warm cinnamon roll swirl, making these irresistible. As I’ve mentioned before, my mom wasn’t one to make things from scratch growing…
Old Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies
These old fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy and incredibly delicious. These cookies require no dough chill time and can be made from start to finish in under 30 minutes. These cookies remain soft and delicious even 1 week after making them. Growing up one of my favorite cookies from the store was the…
Meet the author
Welcome! I’m Jolene!
Remember the smell of warm chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven? Or, how about holding a slice of gooey, cheesy pizza. The nostalgia of food is something that all of us have. Whether it is the taste of the delicious food that you remember, the person you made the food with, or the people you sat at the table with, we all have nostalgia for our favorite foods. And, nostalgia is something special. It connects me to my dad, who recently passed away. It reminds me of my mom before she was diagnosed with parkinson’s. And, now it makes memories for my own family, for my own kids to remember from their growing up years.
My name is Jolene, the creator of Simple Baking with Pep. I grew up making Christmas cookies with my mom from store-bought dough. While we didn’t make many things from scratch, the memories I made from those Christmas cookies fueled my love for baking. Now I have a family of my own and I enjoy sharing my love of baking and cooking with my own family, just like my mom did. I hope to inspire you to try something new and grow a fondness for baking and cooking. Even if you make a mistake or two, you’ll share some laughs and create memories along the way. Trust me, I’ve had my fair share of burnt cookies. Stay awhile, make a recipe or two, and make some memories that will last a lifetime, along the way.
