MY NEW COOKBOOK ‘SIMPLE SUGAR’ IS HERE!

Simple Sugar cookbook cover

Simple Sugar Cookbook

comforting baking recipes with midwestern heart


This book is inspired by my Midwest roots, focusing on delicious simplicity and nostalgic baking that’s filled with heart and soul. In Simple Sugar, you’ll find 95 irresistible and effortless desserts for every occasion.

Now available for preorder at the following retailers:

A Peek Under The Cover

satisfy your sweet tooth with 95 easy recipes for crowd-pleasing, including:

  • Brown Butter Dishpan Cookies
  • Strawberry Yogurt Spoon Cake
  • Not Your Basic Banana Pudding
  • Even Better Strawberry Pretzel Salad
  • Lemon Pudding Pie
  • Sticky Maple Pecan Monkey Bread

Every recipe was also tested with Simple Swaps to easily modify for gluten or dairy-free baking. Simple Sugar hits the sweet spot for all your baking needs: the ingredients are easy to find, the techniques take minutes instead of hours, and taste rules over everything.

Strawberry spoon cake served in a skillet and on a plate with ice cream

What’s Inside

irresistible and effortless desserts for every occasion

A few of my faves

A slice of strawberry pretzel salad on a white plate.

Even Better Strawberry Pretzel Salad

Hands sharing sticky maple pecan monkey bread from a plate.

Sticky Maple Pecan Monkey Bread

A spoon lifting red velvet ice cream from a pink and red swirl.

Red Velvet Ice Cream

Lemon pudding bars dusted with powdered sugar.

Lemon Pudding Bars

A baker holding a brown butter cookie above a plate of cookies.

Brown Butter Dishpan Cookies

Join me!

The Simple Sugar Book Tour

I’m hitting the road to celebrate the launch of Simple Sugar!

Come celebrate with me at a book-tour stop near you.


Jenna holding a sprinkle cake in her kitchen

I can’t wait to see you

Tour Dates
Coming soon!

“There’s something incredibly special about a baker who not only creates beautiful desserts but truly wants everyone at the table to enjoy them. That’s exactly what Jenna does in Simple Sugar.”

—Sally McKenney, New York Times bestselling author of Sally’s Baking 101