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Strawberry Crumble Muffins
Muffins | Spring Baking | Summer Baking

Strawberry Crumble Muffins

Soft, fluffy Strawberry Crumble Muffins are layered with a homemade strawberry jam and topped with a buttery, cinnamon sugar crumble topping. The muffins are baked until golden brown, then filled with a creamy mascarpone vanilla bean filling. These muffins use Greek yogurt in the muffin base which helps make the muffins ultra tender, and helps…

Fraisier Cake
Cakes | Spring Baking | Summer Baking

Fraisier Cake

This Fraisier Cake features a fluffy genoise sponge cake that is soaked with a light syrup to keep it ultra moist. The cake is then layered with a homemade strawberry jam, light and fluffy diplomat cream and plenty of fresh strawberries. The cake is topped with more rich, diplomat cream then decorated with fresh strawberries…

Blueberry Crumble Cheesecake Bars
Cheesecake | Spring Baking | Summer Baking

Blueberry Crumble Cheesecake Bars

These Blueberry Crumble Cheesecake Bars are made with a velvety smooth cheesecake filling that is layered with a homemade blueberry jam, and topped with a buttery cinnamon sugar crumble topping. These handheld, sliceable bars are packed with sweet, juicy blueberry flavor in each bite, which compliments the lightly sweetened, tangy vanilla cheesecake. This cheesecake is…

S’mores Cookie Cups
Cookies | Summer Baking

S’mores Cookie Cups

These S’mores Cookie Cups are made with a buttery, brown sugar, graham cracker cookie dough, loaded with melty chocolate chips and stuffed with gooey marshmallow fluff. They are topped with a classic Hershey’s chocolate bar and jumbo marshmallow that gets lightly toasted after baking. These are the perfect bite-sized or jumbo S’mores treat to enjoy…

Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake
Cheesecake | Spring Baking | Summer Baking

Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake

This Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake combines velvety smooth vanilla cheesecake filling that is layered with a strawberry layer, made using fresh strawberries. The cheesecake is topped with a delicious signature strawberry crunch crumble, dollops of freshly made whipped cream, and fresh strawberries.  Here is what you will love about this Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake Here’s how to…


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Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls
Breakfast and Brunch | Christmas | Christmas Baking | Christmas Breakfast and Brunch | Cinnamon Rolls | Thanksgiving

Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls (Like Cinnabon)

These Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls taste just like Cinnabon, but better! Soft, fluffy layers of sweet dough is wrapped around plenty of brown sugar cinnamon filling. The extra cinnamon filling creates a gooey sauce on the bottom of the cinnamon rolls when baked. These are slathered with a melt in your mouth cream cheese frosting, that…

Brownie Cookies
Christmas Cookies | Cookies

Brownie Cookies

These fudgy brownie cookies are a delicious mashup between a cookie and a rich, decadent brownie. These cookies have a beautiful shiny, crackled top, just like a brownie. This handheld treat offers the best of both classic desserts in one bite. You know those days when you just can’t decide if you want a brownie…

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.

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