Joanna Gaines Enjoys Late-Night Baking with Daughter Ella

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In the Gaines house, holiday baking is a family affair!

posted a video via Instagram on Thursday, November 28, of her and her oldest daughter, Ella, baking during the festive season. Taken by Joanna, 46, the video shows 18-year-old Ella tidying up as they continue their baking session, with four rows of donuts sitting on the kitchen counter.

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“Late night baking with my Ella ✨#syriandonuts,” Gaines captioned her post.

Along with Ella, the Fixer Upper star shares 5 children with husband and co-star, , including Drake, 19, Duke, 16, Emmie, 14, and Crew, 6.

Related: How Jason Kelce Inspired Chip Gaines‘ New Game Show ‘Human vs. Hamster‘Chip Gaines got the idea for the Magnolia Network series Human vs. Hamster from the funniest of places. “I feel like I was inspired — it was a couple, maybe six, eight months back — and Jason Kelce, he rips his shirt off at some stadium,” Gaines, 49, revealed on the Wednesday, October 23 episode […]

Baking with her mother isn’t the first time Ella has ventured into the family business. In a 2019 interview with People, Joanna spoke about how her daughter was “just like her.”

“I think she’ll follow in my footsteps and have her hand in a lot of things,” she told the outlet at the time. “Right now she wants to cook, be a lead designer and have a donut truck.”

As for their mother-daughter baking night, Ella and Joanna appeared to be whipping up some Syrian donuts, the recipe for which is available on the Gaines’ company website, Magnolia, where Joanna also shared a family tip.

“My grandfather’s recipe calls for just 1 cup of sugar,” she wrote via Magnolia. “I like everything sweeter, so I always use 2 cups. I love anise seed, so I always use the larger amount. Not everyone likes so much of this unusual spice, so use the smaller amount if you prefer.”

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Joanna is no stranger to late night baking. Back in October, she posted a video via Instagram of her making Sourdough bagels at night.

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“Sourdough > Sleep,” Joanna wrote in the caption. “One of my favorite things to do is bake at night, and then eat what I bake👩🏻‍🍳 I love the texture of a sourdough bagel—Like an actual pillow of happiness 🥰Sourdough lovers, what should I try next?”

Besides their home endeavors, the Gaines’ have their hands full producing four new unscripted shows on MAX. Two of the shows have already premiered, including Roller Jam, a roller skating competition show, and Human vs. Hamster, where humans compete against hamsters.

Chip and Joanna are also executive producing a show called Second Chance Stage, which gives people a second chance at their dreams, as well as Back to the Frontier, where contestants attempt to live as people once did on the frontier.

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