I always to love get in the kitchen and crank up the oven but there’s something about baking in December that feels extra special to me. It’s all the chocolate, and all the sprinkles, and all the giving. I bake so I can GIVE and GIVING is the vibe every December so this might just…
Friends, I come to you today with news you can use. Christmas is basically tomorrow and that’s an absolute brain bender seeing as yesterday was April. BUT, here we are upon Christmas. I’ll tell ya – the best thing about this time of year at the Wilson house is Mom’s Famous Peanut Butter Balls. I…
Friends hello – I hope it was a Happy Thanksgiving and a relaxing long weekend. My parents and I are in Houston celebrating the weekend with Will and his parents. There’s coffee and football (and I honestly still couldn’t tell you what 3rd and 14 is) we’ve got a 1000 piece puzzle on the table…
Hi, friends! It’s the big week! It’s the Superbowl of food holidays! Do you have your stretchy pants on? This is not a drill. By now, so so many of you have the latest issue of Joy the Baker Magazine and it is my great hope that you have the mac and cheese page earmarked…
One last offering for your Thanksgiving dessert table and it has nothing to do with pumpkin or sweet potato. Last week I wanted to make a birthday dessert for my friend Trevor. If you follow along here intently, you know Trevor help me shoot Bakehouse classes and is generally a wonderful friend. Since he’s always…
Hello friends! Welcome to your Sunday! I went on a procrastibaking journey this Friday knowing full well I’d only play myself and stay up late getting the week’s work done. WORTH IT. I made a version of Claire Saffitz’s Glazed Apple Tart with store-bought puff pastry and rum instead of sherry. It’s the sort of…
Friends, hello and welcome to the weekend before the Food Superbowl! I’m here with pie ideas for Thanksgiving, full disclosure, as a way of putting off my trip to the grocery store. I know it must be done, but my goodness I haven’t yet mustered the mental fortitude. This weekend’s post-grocery tasks include making a…
Each week this fall we’ll revisit a recipe from last year’s Joy the Baker Magazine with new tips, tricks and insights. The latest issue of my holiday magazine is currently available most places magazines are sold across the US and Canada and available online here! This week, let’s make Apple Praline Pecan Pie – my dad’s very best apple…
Remember last year’s Thanksgiving? That’s a bit of a trick question – 2020 was a pandemic blur. What I do remember about last year’s holiday was our smaller scale gathering, big gratitude, AND the Turkey Pot Pie. Today’s Turkey Pot Pie recipe is a adaptation from last year’s most popular recipe from Joy the Baker…
Hello friends and welcome to another fine Sunday! Today we hear from our friend Toby Lowenfels. Settle in – it’s a good one! xo Joy Hi, JTB friends! It’s Toby again with a bit of an SOS situation. Anybody have ideas for a good Thanksgiving side to serve for my dad who has Celiac? He’s…
It’s about this time of year, every year, that I check in to see if you have everything you need for the upcoming holiday. Mostly I’m checking to see if you have Dad’s Sweet Potato Pie ready to go. This year I’m checking in because I have something you might need, namely, this easy pumpkin…
Friends, hello! We made it to Sunday! A week ago today I was slow running my butt down the road and back in Houston. I finally ran that half marathon I’ve been working towards for months. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! For years I had settled on the story that running that far wasn’t for…
We’re fully in it now, friends! Another fine holiday season that started off (for me, at least) with more candy corn than I ever knew I could eat. As we ease towards the Thanksgiving and winter holidays (please go easy, November) – here are a the TEN best things to bake in November. You’ll want…
. Every fall for the last few years my blog lights up with new visitors. New visitors who have come to my blog is search of THE Taylor Swift Chai Cookies. We all know our dear Taylor loves to bake, loves cats, she seems to be a cozy, flannel wearing, autumn loving gal… I mean,…
Each week this fall we’ll revisit a recipe from last year’s Joy the Baker Magazine with new tips, tricks and insights. The latest issue of my holiday magazine is currently available most places magazines are sold across the US and Canada and available online here! This week, let’s make Smothered Chicken Dinner. This smothered chicken recipe…
