Recent Recipes
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…
Chicken Caesar Sandwiches
These Chicken Caesar sandwiches feature a homemade toasted garlic butter roll, a layer of creamy caesar dressing, crispy air fried chicken, crunchy romaine lettuce and freshly grated parmesan cheese. This is an elevated version of the chicken caesar salad in a portable, handheld sandwich form. The sandwich is versatile – you can grill the chicken,…
Peach Cobbler Crème Brûlée Cheesecake
This Peach Cobbler Crème Brûlée Cheesecake combines a creamy cheesecake with a layer of sweet brown sugar cinnamon peaches, cinnamon sugar cobbler topping and a crunchy, caramelized crème brûlée topping. The peaches are simmered over the stovetop in a mixture of cinnamon, brown sugar, and a splash of lemon juice which brightens the flavors, and…
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Spice Cake Cookies
These Spice Cake Cookies are full of warm, fall spices, are soft and topped with a delicious vanilla glaze. The dough is easy to make and requires no mixer. The dough is a roll out dough, so you can make these cookies into different shapes if desired (leaf, Christmas tree, etc). These cookies are great…
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…
Chocolate Wafer Cookies (wafer rolls)
These Chocolate Wafer Cookies are crispy, buttery, chocolate-y cookies that serve as a great vessel for chocolate hazelnut cream, chocolate, jam, whipped cream, or whatever filling you desire. These cookies are just as much fun to make as they are to eat. I guarantee you will impress your friends and family with these! Do you…
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.
