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Tiramisu Focaccia
This Tiramisu Focaccia is inspired by the classic Italian dessert. Plain and coffee flavored dough are layered and stuffed with a creamy sweetened mascarpone filling, then baked until golden brown. Creamy sweetened mascarpone tops this focaccia with a light dusting of dutch processed cocoa powder for the most delicious breakfast or brunch treat. You can…
Carrot Cake Cheesecake
This Carrot Cake Cheesecake combines soft, moist carrot cake with a velvety smooth cheesecake. This cheesecake is topped with a sweet and tangy cream cheese icing, homemade caramel and buttered pecans. Enjoy this cheesecake for spring, Easter, or really any occasion! ‘Tis the season for all things carrot cake, and this carrot cake cheesecake is…
Cannoli Focaccia
This Cannoli Focaccia is inspired by the classic Italian dessert. Crispy focaccia is loaded with mini chocolate chips, then baked until golden brown. Creamy cannoli filling is piped into the focaccia for the most delicious breakfast or brunch treat. You can make this using sourdough or yeast focaccia. This focaccia makes your entire house smell…
Almond Croissant Focaccia
This Almond Croissant Focaccia is inspired by the famous French bakery almond croissants. Bubbly focaccia is stuffed with a rich, gooey frangipane filling, then topped with more frangipane filling and lots of thinly sliced almonds. After baking the focaccia is brushed with an almond simple syrup and dusted with powdered sugar. This focaccia makes your…
Blueberry Muffin Bread
This soft, moist blueberry muffin bread has all the things you love about your favorite bakery style blueberry muffins, but in one easy loaf. It’s fluffy, buttery, loaded with blueberries and topped with a delicious cinnamon sugar crumble topping. The blueberry muffin batter only takes minutes to mix together before baking. This blueberry muffin bread…
Bread Dipping Oil
This restaurant style bread dipping oil is irresistible! It pairs perfectly with your favorite bread and will make you feel like you are eating at a fancy restaurant. This recipe comes together in less than 5 minutes and even tastes great on steak or chicken. My absolute favorite thing when we go out to eat…
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Homemade Candy Canes
Homemade Candy Canes are a fun, festive treat to make with your friends and loved ones during the holiday season. These will be sure to impress everyone! They taste just as good as store-bought ones with a beautiful glossy finish, peppermint taste, and vibrant stripes. I’ve been wanting to make homemade candy canes for the…
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…
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…
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.
