This pound-cake-like quick bread with fresh lemons has been baked for many years in my home and it’s one of my son’s most requested recipes! It is the perfect sweet treat for after a weeknight meal and an extraordinary dessert…
What is a Micro Bakery- The Rise in Small Bakeries
Our definition of a Micro Bakery is a local bakery that allows for flexibility for the baker as well as the local consumer. A micro bakery can be many different things. It can be a mom selling sourdough bread to…
Tools Every Baker Needs – From a Bakery Owner
For the last four years my sister and I have run a small bakery, The Flour Barn, on our family farm. Prior to opening our bakery, we had baked in our own kitchens, but when we began baking on a…
My Favorite Simple Seeded Sourdough Bread Recipe
Reach for this Seeded sourdough bread recipe to create a soft but chewy bread loaf that you’ll want to make over and over again! A family favorite, we love using this loaf for sandwiches or to pair with a warm…
How to start your own Successful Micro Bakery from Home
Why we all love a Micro Bakery Although the term Micro Bakery is just making it’s appearance, I think for a long time so many of us have fantasized about having our own little baking business! In one form or another, we’ve…
The Best Bakery Style Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls
This is it. This is the recipe that started it all, our Jumbo Cinnamon Roll recipe. Our bakery, The Flour Barn, was started by simply selling Cinnamon Rolls. Several years ago we created this recipe by using our favorite brioche…
Best Super Easy Brioche Dough Recipe
This homemade brioche bread recipe is such an easy recipe and makes one of my favorite breads. Brioche dough is the base for so many of my favorite bakery sweets: cinnamon rolls, flaky Danishes and bread pudding. It also makes the most pillow soft bread that…
Artisan Pizza At Home
I haven’t met a pizza I didn’t like. Whether it’s frozen pizza, focaccia pizza, pan pizza, or straight from the local carry-out pizza, I just love pizza. However, because I love bread so much, my favorite pizza is the one…
Best Cut-Out Sugar Cookies with Fresh Milled Flour
These homemade sugar cookies with fresh milled flour come together so easily with little hands-on time, resulting in tender and buttery cookies! If you’re trying to cut back on the amount of white flour that you’re using at home, these…
Easy Homemade Sourdough Bread Bowls Recipe for Soup
These sweet homemade sourdough bread bowls are the perfect accompaniment to your favorite soup! Sometimes towards mid-winter when we’re all getting a little tired of cold weather and the constant pot of soup in the fridge is getting a little dreary, sourdough bread…
“Just like Grandma’s” Dutch Apple Pie from our Bakery
Dutch Apple Pie is my husband’s favorite pie. And probably his favorite dessert when served with a side of vanilla ice cream. There is something about the taste and texture of a Dutch Apple pie that transports you to a…
New Year, New Projects at the Flour Barn Bakery
We had a wonderful year at the Flour Barn Bakery! We met so many new people while also growing our relationships with our regulars and had a blast with all our new classes. Who knew how much people wanted to…
