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    Launched in 2012, The Simple, Sweet Life is a place for home bakers to create comfort and bake memories through delicious desserts and pastries. If you love easy weeknight bakes, elevated cakes, and Saturday morning cinnamon rolls, you’ll feel right at home here.

    Image reads "Hei pa deg, I'm Claire".

    As a homesick twenty-something living abroad, I started the Simple, Sweet Life as a way of sharing and preserving a taste of home as I baked my way through my first Norwegian winter.

    Over the next five years, it helped me land a job at a local bakery where I learned foundational baking techniques and how to make traditional Norwegian recipes from scratch - recipes and techniques you’ll find in posts like how to make meringue or my favorite pepperkaker (Norwegian gingerbread) recipe.

    More than 10 years later, the Simple, Sweet Life is a mixture of elevated classics, comfort bakes (for when you need to drown your sorrows in butter), and easy treats - with a special place for Halloween and Norwegian baking.

    I currently live in Portland, Oregon with my wonderful wife and our cat, Purrman Capote.

    My favorite things include wearing sweaters on cool fall days, the crispy corner piece of a pan of brownies, and putting my Halloween decorations up in August (Spooky season begins July 5th - convince me otherwise).

    Let's be friends! You can find me on Instagram, Pinterest and TikTok.

    What's currently on repeat in our kitchen:

    • Cranberry apple crisp with a scoop of melting ice cream on a light blue striped towel. Plates, a bowl of frozen cranberries, and ice cream scoop and a white bowl are nearby.
      Cranberry Apple Crisp
    • lefse stacked on a marble plate with a pitch, bowl and glass of cinnamon/sugar in the background.
      Lefse
    • Three maple cookies on a small parchment paper-lined silver cooling rack. Around them are a glass of milk, a bowl of glaze, plates and a small bowl of pecans.
      Maple Cookies
    • Risgrøt in a white bowl on a small round cutting board with a white napkin under it. A bowl of strawberries, another bowl of porridge, a glass of milk and a white casserole dish are in the background.
      Risgrøt (Norwegian Rice Porridge)

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    My work

    Having a case of deja vu? I've been fortunate to have some of my fun creations featured in Woman’s Day, Artful Blogging and Sweet Dreams as well as online at Country Living, Wilton, Marie Claire and Parade.

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