In The Sunday Five, Joy shared that she had bought 25 vanilla beans to make her own vanilla bean paste, alongside notes on refreshing her baking pantry.
After pausing Let It Be Sunday during pregnancy and trying a monthly Bakehouse Almanac, Joy introduced a shorter weekly Sunday column to reconnect with readers.
Joy traced The Bakehouse Texas back to her childhood pretend bakery and announced its September 5 return after maternity leave, with walk-up sales and a fall schedule.