Smart, From-Scratch Recipes for Curious Home Cooks.
Welcome to Ugly Duckling Bakery. Here you’ll find reliable recipes for weeknight dinners, weekend baking, and the occasional cocktail – all made from scratch using fresh, seasonal ingredients.
But this isn’t just about following instructions.
These are comfort foods recipes that not only work, but they have the “why” built in if you want it. Because my goal isn’t just dinner inspiration. I want to help you to be more confident in the kitchen.
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Inspiration and insight. Ideas for dinners and baking and the confidence to make them your own!
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Hi, I’m Joanne!
I’m so happy you’re here!
I’m an infectious disease doctor in Washington State who’s been cooking and baking for 40+ years! I started the Ugly Duckling Bakery blog in 2021 to share my love for food. My hope is to bring you some of the science and history in recipes, tips and tricks to understand how and why the recipes work, and enough foundation so that you can start to create your own.
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Ugly Duckling Bakery
The Ugly Duckling Bakery isn’t a brick and mortar bakery. It’s a source of recipes to inspire your weeknight dinners, weekend baking, and cocktails using fresh, seasonal ingredients.
I’m a lifelong baker, but it wasn’t until 2020, when I was stuck at home with my elementary school kiddo, that I started creating baking and cooking recipes to share with you on the blog. The things I make are not often pretty, but they taste delicious.
