Let It Be Sunday, 487!

[View this email in your browser]( [Let It Be Sunday, 487!]( By Joy the Baker on Oct 13, 2024 02:54 am [Let It Be Sunday, 487! ]( Good morning, friends! This week is the Austin County Fair, and let me tell you—small-town Texas is truly where my heart is. The boots, the rodeo, the parade—it’s such a fun way to usher in the change of seasons. Between that and the fact that Thanksgiving is right around the corner (seriously, if we blink, it’ll be here tomorrow), I’m trying to soak up the moment while also prepping my house for a full-family visit. [Continue reading Let It Be Sunday, 487! at Joy the Baker.]( [Read in browser »]( [share on Twitter]( Recent Articles: [October-Coded Must-Make Recipes]( [Let It Be Sunday, 486!]( [Let It Be Sunday, 485!]( [Let It Be Sunday, 484!]( [The Ultimate (EASY!) Cookies and Cream Brownies]( [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [YouTube]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Pinterest]( [Pinterest]( [Website]( [Website]( Coming up in this newsletter 3 recipe ideas for all those summer tomatoes, 5 weeknight dinner ideas, and I'm sharing how I prep my fall baking pantry. We made it to September. Question: Did we survive? If you’re barely hanging on, please know you’re not alone. Is it that some planet is in the microwave? I couldn’t tell you. I can only report that we’ve made it to the month of ripe garden tomatoes, warm baking, and back-to-school season. We Wrote A Children's Book! (We is me and Dad!) The Life-Changing Magic of Baking is a beautifully illustrated book for children ages 6-12 filled with baking lessons that are really life lessons. [You can pre-order a signed copy of the book from my local Houston bookstore Blue Willow Books!]( Get a copy for every child you know - this book is a little treasure (with a perfect birthday cake recipe at the end)! Just think of all the impending holiday gifts you can knock off the list before summer is even over! 3 Recipes for Summer Tomaotes What is September without a pile of tomatoes on the kitchen counter? Don't let them go bad this year, these are my go-to recipes to make when I have an excessive amount of summer tomaotoes. [Creamy Polenta with Burst Tomatoes Tomato Pie with Blue Cheese Biscuits]( [Mediterranean Feta and Fresh Tomato Tart]( Joy the Baker Magazine My Favorite Holiday Recipes -Coming Fall 2024- While everyone was swimming in pools or going to Italy (Seriously was everyone was in Italy this summer?), I was dreaming up the perfect holiday cookie tin and I'd have it no other way. There's something so rewarding about putting your hard work into something physical. Something you can hold. What a dream to be able to make these magazines for you, for me, for us. 5 (of my very favorite) Weeknight Dinners I'm ready to replace my cold, lemon-y summer salads for a warm White Bean Soup. It's necessary. [Dad's One Pot Hawaiian Chicken]( [French Dip Steak Sandwich]( [White Bean Kale and Sausage Soup]( [Healthy-ish Hamburger Helper]( [Pumpkin Pasta Dinner with Sausage and Goat Cheese]( How I Prep My Fall Pantry 1. Freshen up your baking soda and baking powder. They do, in fact, go bad. 2. Buy cans of pumpkin puree. Sure you can make it, but where's the time for that? 3. Precut parchment sheets. (I really love these) 4. Check on your brown sugar, it might be hard as a rock. I love adding these to my brown sugar to keep it fluffy. 5. Stock up on these Guittard Chocolate chips (for [dads browned butter chocolate chip cookies]( 6. Check the freshness of your flours – all purpose, almond, cake, and bread are on regular rotation in the 'ber months. 7. Re-stock cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cardamom, and vanilla. You don't want to be mid cookie dough without them. This is my favorite Vanilla if anyone is asking. Have you met Team Joy the Baker? I started Joy the Baker as a party of one way back in 2008. Over the many years, the site has grown and evolved and I'm so thankful to create the site with this amazing team. [Read more about the people who make JtB what it is today.]( And THANK YOU for baking alongside me all these years! xo My love to you! XO [Joy]( Copyright © 2024 Joy the Baker, Inc., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at joythebaker.com Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](