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Apple Pie Muffins
Soft fluffy muffins are layered with a homemade apple pie filling, then topped with a buttery cinnamon sugar streusel topping. These muffins have Greek yogurt in the batter which keeps the muffins moist for days, and helps to create an ultra tender crumb. The natural acidity of the Greek yogurt also helps the muffins have…
Apple Phyllo Pie
This Apple Phyllo Pie combines layers of buttery, flaky phyllo dough with a rich cream cheese filling and fresh, crisp apples.  Before baking the outer layer of phyllo dough is topped with sliced almonds which get lightly toasted as it bakes. This phyllo pie is baked until golden brown, then a sweet glaze is brushed over…
No Knead Ciabatta Bread
The easiest no knead ciabatta rolls. These rolls have an incredibly soft, fluffy interior, with a crisp golden crust. These rolls only require 4 ingredients, and just a couple minutes of hands on time. The majority of the work is done by the dough as it rises. These rolls have a moderately open crumb structure,…
Apple Pie Cheesecake Bars
These Apple Pie Cheesecake Bars have layers of homemade apple pie filling swirled with a velvety smooth cheesecake filling. The bars are topped with a buttery cinnamon sugar crumble topping just before baking, which gets golden and lightly crisp as it bakes, adding the perfect texture contrast. The bars are drizzled with homemade salted caramel…
Cinnamon Roll Muffins
Baking cinnamon rolls in a muffin tin may just be my new favorite thing. Each roll gets a golden, slightly crisp outer crust, with an ultra soft, gooey center. The muffin tin forces each cinnamon roll to grow upward, rather than flattening and spreading out. The individual muffin tins trap all of the delicious buttery…
Apple Pie Croissants
These apple pie croissants have buttery delicate layers filled with an apple cinnamon sugar mixture. The apple pie croissants are then stuffed with a homemade apple pie filling, and drizzled with vanilla icing. These croissants use an easy, shortcut method to make the croissants and can be made the same day. This method yields incredibly…
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Delicious Homemade Crackers
These Homemade Crackers are simple to make and can be made in under 30 minutes. With so much flavor, everyone will be begging you to make these again and again. A whole batch of these crackers can be made for under a couple dollars. You can’t beat that price at the store and the flavor…
My Favorite Chocolate Covered Cherries
These homemade Chocolate Covered Cherries (Cordial Cherries) are better than any that you can buy at the store. The key to these is the addition of almond extract which truly takes the flavor of these up a notch. These are easy to make and only require a few pantry staple ingredients. You can’t beat making…
Crème Brûlée Cookies
These Crème Brûlée Cookies combine a soft, chewy sugar cookie with the signature elements of the classic French dessert – a swirl of pastry cream with a crispy, caramelized sugar topping. The rich, vanilla pastry cream is the perfect compliment to the chewy, buttery sugar cookies. Each bite is filled with the delight of 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.
