Trusting the Water - Joy the Baker
I have been too excited to come update you on my swimming journey. Right after last month's post, I started swimming lessons. For anyone who wants to| Joy the Baker
Are you feeling that—the pull toward nesting? Is your energy dipping? Do you fall asleep earlier? Because, same. I’m leaning into it—slower mornings, softer nights, and heartier meals with the impending colder weather and darker evenings. I won’t be denying it. There’s always a reason for our bodies’ shifts. It’s time to nest and cuddle up to a pot roast and melting roasted potatoes. The challenge is figuring out how to still fit in a couch rot when my schedule is as busy as sum...| Joy the Baker
Meet your new favorite banana bread recipe! It’s moist, deeply flavored, and just the right amount of sweet. It’s an easy, one-bowl loaf that fills your kitchen with the smell of butter and bananas. What could be better!? Every time I move into a new kitchen (which, as an air sign, has been more than a few times), before the drawers are organized or the flour bins find their place in the cabinet, I bake a loaf of banana bread. Continue reading My Best Browned Butter Banana Bread Recipe ...| Joy the Baker
I have been too excited to come update you on my swimming journey. Right after last month's post, I started swimming lessons. For anyone who wants to| Joy the Baker
Get ready for Pumpkin Texas Sheet Cake—the fall twist you didn’t know you needed. It’s the classic chocolate sheet cake we love in Texas, with a cozy| Joy the Baker
Joy the Baker shares a Wilson family classic - Texas sheet cake with fudgy chocolate frosting and pecans!| Joy the Baker
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I’m reporting live from one of my favorite corners of the country – tucked into the trees of Northwest Arkansas. We’ve spent the week camping here, hiking with the dogs every morning, cooking outside, and watching the moon rise through the trees as the lightning bugs flicker on. It’s been still, quiet, and deeply grounding. It’s been the kind of week that reminds me how much I love fall’s early calm before life starts to spin again. Continue reading Lightning Bugs, Blueberry S...| Joy the Baker
Friends, hi! I’m ready for October (even though it fully snuck up on me this year). The air has shifted, I’ve taken the shortsleeved sweaters out of hiding (long sleeve sweaters are still a ways away), and suddenly the kitchen feels like the best place to be again. It’s the month for cinnamon sugar everything, slow mornings with coffee and cake, and a big pot of chili simmering on the stove. If you’re looking for a little baking inspiration, I’ve gathered a few of my favorite Joy ...| Joy the Baker
Hello! I’m writing to you on a rainy morning. FINALLY. The heat has broken and it is pouring. The world smells so fresh (except for rainy day lunch at the middle school where I’m the vice principal — damp kiddos plus mingling food smells is really something) and I love it. I am a summer person, but the older I get, the more I genuinely love the way the days slow down, the gray days, and the natural inclination to stay home, eat soup, and snuggle down. Continue reading Building a Winte...| Joy the Baker
Every fall, I feel this pull (it's a mission, really) to dream up a new twist on the classic Texas Sheet Cake. It’s a tradition of sorts now. Last year, I| Joy the Baker
Hello friends! Let's take a break from formal baking recipes. I'd like to show you what I'm eating for breakfast, lunch, and dinner| Joy the Baker
I have a few tricks up my sleeve when it comes to this easy peach crisp recipe. With a hearty amount of crisp topping and a shallow baking pan, this| Joy the Baker
Let's make the easiest coffee ice cream! It's creamy and scoopable, made with roasty-toasy coffee and a mega amount of crumbled chocolate cookies. This| Joy the Baker
The best strawberry shortcake recipe must start with the perfect biscuit. Tall and golden brown, flaky but cakey and more sweet than salty. My dad's| Joy the Baker
Friend friends, hello! I'm seeing messages everywhere that summer is over but I'll tell you what - these tomatoes are telling us otherwise. Sure,| Joy the Baker
We made it! If we were working for the weekend, it looks like the weekend has finally cozied up next to us for a spell - not a moment too soon. I| Joy the Baker
Word on the street is September is almost over. A month I spent surviving, not thriving. Sometimes when life gets this busy—so busy there isn’t room to think—things fall through the cracks. But if I were to throw a more positive spin on it, it’s a season to really figure out what matters most. If there’s no time for silly little things, all that’s left is your most important work. You have no choice but to drop the trivial. Continue reading Links for Another September Sunday at Jo...| Joy the Baker
These Bakehouse Texas Cinnamon Rolls are the ultimate cinnamon roll recipe—soft, gooey, and swirled with buttery cinnamon sugar, and of course, topped with a tangy cream cheese frosting. Perfect for weekend baking or holiday mornings (or stop by the Bakehouse one these days for a warm roll!). This step-by-step recipe will give you bakery-style rolls right from your own kitchen. Hey, friends! The weather in Texas is thinking about cooling down, which feels like the perfect time to dream up b...| Joy the Baker
Friends, good morning! I’m so grateful we get to catch up today. How are you feeling? Me? Well… a little distractible, if I’m honest, but doing my best to stay on task. The slow change of season has me holding onto hope. Summer was a heavy lift for me this year, and I’m craving the different kind of energy that fall always seems to bring. I can already feel it in the air via the apple cider doughnuts I made a few days back. Continue reading Notes on Hope, Cake, and Other Sweet Thing...| Joy the Baker
Cautiously, and optimistically, I am feeling better lately! In therapy today, I said I felt finally tipped upright instead of feeling tilted half in and| Joy the Baker
Friends, hello and happy Sunday. We’ve landed at what feels like the last weekend of “true” summer before September Summer sets in - which, I do love!| Joy the Baker
Friends, hello. Welcome to another Sunday. We’re in the thick of August, and I’ll tell you - my garden is looking a little wild. The flowers are spent,| Joy the Baker
Hello friends, and welcome to another fine Sunday. If we’re paying attention, July is slipping through our fingers like SPF on a hot day. You feel it too,| Joy the Baker
There’s something about mid-July in Texas that makes me feel like I’m living inside a Dutch oven on convection mode. My house, charming as the old gal is,| Joy the Baker
