Recent Recipes
Lemon Bars
These easy Lemon Bars are a refreshing, delicious treat, perfect for any time of the year. The bars feature a buttery shortbread crust topped with a velvety smooth, melt-in-your-mouth lemon curd. After baking, the bars are dusted with powdered sugar to add just a hint of sweetness, which compliments the tartness of the lemon. These…
Soft Strawberry Muffins Recipe
This Soft Strawberry Muffins recipe produces irresistible bakery style muffins that can be made in a matter of minutes. The soft muffins are moist and have a wonderfully tender crumb, thanks to the addition of Greek yogurt, which also adds some nutrition to the muffins. Finish the muffins off with a drizzle of strawberry icing…
Thick Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Thick Chocolate Chip Cookies are inspired by the famous Levain Bakery cookies. These buttery cookies are made with both semi-sweet and dark chocolate chips. The cookies are crispy on the outside, thick, chewy and loaded with melty chocolate chips. These cookies can be made in one bowl and only take 12 minutes to bake….
Easy Tanghulu Recipe
This Tanghulu recipe is easy and produces show-stopping treats that taste just as good if not better than they look. Strawberries, grapes or mandarin orange slices are dipped in a glossy sugar solution that forms a crisp, crackly shell. The crunchy exterior combined with the juicy fruit on the inside is a delightful balance of…
Homemade Hot Pockets
These Homemade Hot Pockets are fully customizable and are very easy to make. The dough only requires two main ingredients – flour and Greek yogurt, and no rise time. They can be made in under 30 minutes. These Homemade Hot Pockets are high in protein, rich in calcium and probiotics so they’re a healthier alternative…
Homemade English Muffins
These Homemade English Muffins are Light, fluffy and have all the nooks and crannies, perfect for warm, melted butter to sink into. This recipe is very easy and consistently delivers the most delicious English muffins in under 2 hours. Enjoy these toasted or untoasted with your favorite jam, butter, or use them to make a…
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Bacon Crackers
These Bacon Crackers are the perfect quick and easy appetizer or snack everyone will love. Buttery crackers are topped with bacon, brown sugar and a pinch of red pepper flakes to create a delicious sweet and spicy flavor combination. These Bacon Crackers only need four ingredients, and they are truly so easy to make! You…
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…
Easy Gingerbread Cinnamon Rolls
These soft Gingerbread Cinnamon Rolls are quick and easy to make, and are perfect for your holiday breakfast. They can be made in under an hour and a half. Soft gingerbread dough is filled with a gingerbread molasses butter, then topped with a fluffy cream cheese frosting. Every bite melts in your mouth. These save…
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.
