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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
This Pumpkin Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is the coziest fall bake and makes your house smell like a crisp autumn day. Soft, fluffy pumpkin spiced cake is layered with a velvety rich cream cheese filling, then piled high with buttery pumpkin spice crumb topping. This cake is made with brown butter which adds an extra…
Pumpkin Cinnamon Crunch Muffins
Pumpkin Cinnamon Crunch Muffins…incredibly soft, fluffy and the perfect breakfast or brunch treat for a cozy fall morning. These pumpkin spice muffins are layered with a cinnamon sugar swirl through the center, then topped with more cinnamon sugar that gets swirled into the pumpkin batter on top. As the muffins bake, the cinnamon sugar topping…
Pumpkin Butter Swim Biscuits
These Pumpkin Butter Swim Biscuits have become my simple, cozy go to brunch treat this fall. Soft, fluffy spiced pumpkin biscuits are layered with a brown sugar cinnamon swirl, then baked in a pool of butter. The butter soaks into the biscuits as they bake, creating an irresistible soft crumb, and crisp outer edges. A…
Upside Down Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls
The coziest fall brunch and quite possibly my favorite brunch to make is these Upside Down Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls. They combine classic, soft, fluffy cinnamon rolls with apple pie and gooey sticky buns. The cinnamon rolls sit on top of a bed of warm, bubbling homemade caramel and crisp, sweet apples. As the rolls…
Apple Cider Braised Chicken
This Apple Cider Braised Chicken is one of the coziest fall meals. The chicken cooks in either an instant pot or slow cooker in a delicious apple cider, chicken and herb broth until it is ultra tender and falls apart. I served the chicken over creamy mashed potatoes, alongside maple roasted carrots. The full recipe…
Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake
Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake… combining velvety smooth cheesecake with pumpkin, brown sugar and a homemade blend of pumpkin pie spices. This cheesecake is layered with a cinnamon sugar swirl, then topped with a homemade whipped cream and Biscoff cookies. The cheesecake is made with a Biscoff cookie crust, which gives buttery, brown sugar and cinnamon…
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Chocolate Chip Cookies have soft, chewy centers with crisp, buttery edges. They have plenty of chocolate chips so that you get a bite of melted chocolate chips with every bite. These cookies require no dough chill time, and take just a few minutes to mix together. Here is what you will love about these…
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…
Homemade Hot Cocoa
There’s nothing better than sipping on a warm cup of homemade hot cocoa, while buried under a soft fleece blanket during the cold months of the year. This homemade hot cocoa is rich, creamy, and has the perfect amount of chocolate that is not too overpowering. If you’re looking for a quick, cozy treat to…
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.
