Joanna Gaines Enjoys Late-Night Baking with Daughter Ella

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

Joanna Gaines 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.

“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, Chip Gaines, including Drake, 19, Duke, 16, Emmie, 14, and Crew, 6.

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.

“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.