Recent Recipes
Blueberry Almond Croissant Cheesecake
This Blueberry Almond Croissant Cheesecake is inspired by the famous French almond croissants. This cheesecake has a velvety smooth cheesecake filling layered with a rich almond croissant filling and ripe, juicy blueberries. The cheesecake is then topped with toasted almonds and a dusting of powdered sugar. This cheesecake will make your entire house smell like…
Grilled Flatbread
This Grilled Flatbread is much easier to make than pizza and perfect for the warm summer months when you don’t want to turn your oven on. The dough only requires one 30 minute rise and the result is a delicious crisp, slightly charred exterior with an incredibly tender and fluffy inside. The toppings are fully…
Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread
This Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread features moist, tender banana bread and the most delicious brown sugar cinnamon layer swirled throughout. This banana bread requires no fancy mixers, and just a few minutes to mix together. This banana bread would make a wonderful breakfast/brunch treat, afternoon snack or even dessert. During the summer I love to…
Strawberry Caprese Pasta Salad
This Strawberry Caprese Pasta Salad is a refreshing, light pasta salad, perfect for all your summer cookouts. Tender pasta is tossed together with ripe, juicy strawberries, fresh mozzarella cheese, lots of fresh herbs and a homemade balsamic vinaigrette. This pasta salad only takes a few minutes to mix together. Pasta Salads are one of my…
Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad
This Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad features roasted corn combined with tender pasta, lots of fresh herbs and cotija cheese tossed in a creamy, tangy dressing. It takes roughly 20 minutes to make and just a handful of ingredients. This is the perfect side dish for any summer cookout. If you’ve ever had Mexican Street…
Berry Cake
This simple berry cake is loaded with fresh blueberries and strawberries and has the most delicious crackly sugar top. This moist cake is made with Greek yogurt and fresh fruit, making it a great breakfast or brunch treat, but you can also enjoy it as an afternoon snack, or treat at the end of the…
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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…
Snickerdoodle Cookies
These soft and chewy Snickerdoodle Cookies can be made in 30 minutes from start to finish. No dough chill time required. Homemade cookie dough is generously rolled in a delicious cinnamon sugar mixture before baking. Each bite is filled with all the classic flavors of Snickerdoodle cookies that you love. I don’t know if I…
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.
