Recent Recipes
English Muffin Bread
This English Muffin Bread is foolproof, and it’s the perfect bread for beginners, and experts alike. It requires no kneading, no fancy mixers, and it can be made in roughly an hour. It freezes well too! This bread has the characteristic nooks and crannies of an English muffin, but it’s way easier to make. You…
Banana Pudding Cheesecake
This Banana Pudding Cheesecake takes the classic, beloved banana pudding layers and swirls them through the creamy, rich cheesecake batter. The banana pudding cheesecake filling sits on top of a buttery Nilla wafer crust. This cheesecake is one that won’t last long in your household after you make it! It’s truly delicious. This banana pudding…
Italian Bread Recipe
This Homemade Italian Bread recipe can be made in under 90 minutes and makes your house smell so good as it bakes. Nothing beats warm, toasty bread from the oven. This bread is great for making sandwiches, or you can use it to pair with your dinner. Italian bread was a favorite in my household…
Marry Me Chicken Soup
This Marry Me Chicken Soup is cozy, rich and full of flavor. The soup features a creamy broth full of tender juicy chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach and freshly grated parmesan cheese. The soup tastes like it’s been cooking for hours, but can be made in under a half hour. Add this to your cozy dinner…
Baklava Cheesecake
This Baklava Cheesecake is a mashup between a decadent creamy cheesecake and all of the wonderful, delicious flavors of baklava. Flaky, buttery phyllo dough serves as the crust and topping of this cheesecake, while a crunchy, sweet pistachio filling is speckled throughout the creamy cheesecake filling. The cheesecake is finished with a drizzle of a…
Easy Orange Marmalade Recipe
This Easy Orange Marmalade Recipe uses mandarin oranges to deliver a beautiful bright orange color in the marmalade. The marmalade takes less than 30 minutes to make for a delicious fresh spread for your toast. The marmalade has just the right amount of sweetness to balance with the citrus flavors in the mandarin oranges. There’s…
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Cheesy Sausage Phyllo Cups
These Cheesy Sausage Phyllo Cups are an easy appetizer and are melt in your mouth delicious. Flaky phyllo dough is placed in a muffin tin. A creamy, cheesy, spicy sausage mixture fills the phyllo dough cups. The phyllo dough is baked until golden and crispy. Each bite is a hint spicy, cheesy, and perfectly crunchy….
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.
