The Farmhouse Bakery

We are back at it full time this week preparing for the weekend. We will be busy restocking our pies, butterhorns, biscuits along with all of our regular weekly baking. We will have lots of breads, muffins, cookies, cinnamon buns, pies, pretzels, and more. Bagels are back in this week as well as a couple of new breads (watch for posts this week about those) and maybe a new cookie! Online ordering for curb side pick up/delivery is through Bountiful Farmers' Market. Go to ...their website at www.bountifulmarkets.com and select shop online. Deadline for ordering is Thursday 6:00 p.m. Ordering for bakery pick up is Wednesday noon for Friday pick up and Thursday noon for Saturday pick up. Call 780-361-3909, message on Facebook or email us at [email protected] Bountiful Market hours: Friday 10-4, Saturday 9-5, Sunday 10-4 Location: 3696-97 Street, Edmonton Our website is www.krausefamilyfarm.ca for more information about us and what we do. #bitternlake #camrose #camrosebakery #shoplocalcamrose #realbread #realbreadalberta #bountifulfarmersmarketyeg #albertafarmersmarket #yeg #yegmarket #yegbakery #yegsourdough #yegcinnamonbuns #shoplocalyeg #wetaskiwin #leduc #localbusiness #supportlocal

Since we will be busy in the bakery tomorrow I thought I would take some time today to reflect on this past year and share with you some highlights. 2020 has been a year many of us would probably like to forget, and, in many ways wouldn’t that be nice? However, we did have some great moments and we hope you did as well. Here are a few of our highlights: 1. We were able to remain open and continue baking through the entire year.... 2. Demand grew substantially due to so many more of you shopping and supporting locally... Thank you! 3. Sonja, our pie specialist joined our bakery in June. What a gem she has been! 4. Miriam joined us in September when Nathaniel was injured and stayed with us up until Christmas. We will miss her but wish her great success wherever she goes. 5. Our crops were not hailed out which means we will have plenty of seed for our crops for the bakery this coming season. 6. Nathaniel’s injury didn’t require surgery so he was back in the bakery sooner than expected. 7. Jerry & Matthew have continued supporting us by representing us at the market every weekend. 8. Bountiful Farmers’ Market has remained open and has supported their vendors tremendously through this challenging year. We are so grateful for the opportunity to be apart of their market. 9. The shutdown of our local farmers’ markets in the Spring opened up the opportunity for us to welcome customers out at the bakery on our farm. 10. We broke several records throughout the year: over 300 pies at Thanksgiving, over 200 Christmas cookie tins, 720 tarts on our last weekend before Christmas, over 600 cinnamon buns on our last weekend, over 700 loaves of bread most weekends. Many other records were set and broken throughout the year thanks to your continuing support. We could not have survived this last year without the support and encouragement from all of you, from our market staff, from our bakery staff, from our suppliers, from our family and friends. Thank you so much for helping make 2020 a memorable year. We look forward to seeing what 2021 brings. We’re looking forward to creating new items, new recipes and improving and learning new techniques to bring you more products.

We trust everyone had a good Christmas We had a lovely break, rested lots and are ready to start up the ovens again this week. We will be open at Bountiful Farmers' Market Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 10-4 this coming weekend. We will, also, be open at the bakery for pick up of orders on Saturday. Orders for bakery pick up must be in by Thursday noon. What will we be baking this week?... Sourdoughs, artisans, regular loaf-style breads, baguettes, soft German pretzels, cookies (crispy oatmeal and gingersnaps), butter tarts, cinnamon buns, butterhorns. We will, also, have some dark fruitcakes available. See more

Happy birthday, Nate (Nathaniel to his mother)!! This young man is our head baker. He is hard working, caring, patient (except when his mother has a new idea for a new recipe...). He is kind, gentle, strong and protective. I cannot run this bakery without him. We pray this next year will be exciting, adventurous and full of opportunities to learn and grow in wisdom and knowledge.

All of us here at The Farmhouse Bakery are so grateful and humbled at the amazing support and encouragement all of you have given us throughout this last year. It has been a challenging year on so many levels and we would not have made it without you. Thank you for shopping local and supporting us in such amazing ways. Because of you we were able to keep baking and supplying you with all your favourite baked goodies. Words cannot even come close to expressing our appreciat...ion. Thank you!! We want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. We are now closed until January 2nd. We will post next week what we will have available for January 2nd-3rd for both farm/bakery pick up and at Bountiful Farmers’ Market. With love and appreciation, Jerry, Nadine, Nathaniel & Matthew

Another new pie... plum pie made with Italian plums from @redapplebcfruit. We may or may not be sampling this pie this afternoon....

New muffin this week... Pear walnut with fresh pears, walnuts, golden raisins, dried cranberries and spiced with aromatic cardamom. Oh boy , are these ever yummy!

Here we go! Another week begins with another crazy bake schedule in the works. What will we have for you this week? That’s a good question... Breads (sourdoughs, artisans, loaf style) Baguettes and dinner buns Pies - fruit (apple, pumpkin, saskatoon, strawberry rhubarb, pear walnut, peach, and more) Cream pies - banana and coconut cream... *Tarts - butter and pecan *Muffins - pumpkin chocolate chip, pear walnut *Cookies - gingersnaps, crispy oatmeal *Pretzels - salted, cheese, Asiago pepper *Cinnamon buns - regular, raisin or orange/coconut *Butterhorns - walnut, cherry almond, toasted coconut *Biscuits/scones - plain butter, currants Order for bakery pick up: call, email or message. Pick up days are Fridays and Saturdays. Come see us at Bountiful Farmers' Market Friday 10-4, Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 10-4. Address: 3696-97 Street, Edmonton. Our website for more information: www.krausefamilyfarm.ca #eatlocal #shoplocal #camrosebakery #wetaskiwinbakery #camrose #wetaskiwin #bitternlake #sourdough #cinnamonbuns #yeg

Do you have plans for Thanksgiving? Family gatherings, fellowship with friends, a full course dinner with all the trimmings or just a simple quiet meal? We are planning a family gathering at my Mom and Dad’s this year. I’m looking forward to seeing my family. Whatever your plans are this year let us know how we can help you with your dinner preparations. We are already taking orders for: pies breads dinner buns cookies... cinnamon buns muffins and scones Call us at 780-361-3909, email us at [email protected], message us on Facebook. #camrosebakery #bitternlakebakery #BitternLake #camrose #wetaskiwin #wetaskiwinbakery #yeg #yegbakery #bountifulfarmersmarket #yegmarkets #thanksgiving2020 #thanksgivingdinner See more

I’ve heard it said that practice makes perfect. Although these aren’t quite perfect we are getting better at shaping bagels. We still like the homemade, hand shaped look. Pictured below is our plain bagels, sesame bagels and our everything bagels.

More quality control testing today; our new Asiago cranberry bagels and, of course, I need to make sure the butter tarts are still up to par. It’s a tough job but someone’s got to do it.

All in a days work... quality control is a thing

Pumpkin pies . One of my favourites Made with fresh roasted pumpkins. Book yours soon for Thanksgiving.

A new pretzel coming your way this weekend... Asiago cheese with fresh cracked black pepper.

Table breads (aka. Soup bowls) done up for Jesse Chambers and The Glen’s Grill in Wetaskiwin. #glensgrillwetaskiwin #wetaskiwin

Is anyone looking for carrots? These guys aren’t too far from our farm/bakery so if you’re in the area give them a call and go get some carrots.

I forgot to list this week’s bagels We plan to have: plain, sesame seed and a new one... cranberry Asiago

Okay everyone, here’s the update you’ve been waiting for: Breads: all our sourdoughs, artisans, baguettes and regulars; Cinnamon buns: regular, raisin & orange/coconut; Cookies: crispy oatmeal, white chocolate cranberry pecan, oatmeal raisin, gingersnaps;... Muffins: raisin bran, pumpkin chocolate chip, apple cheddar; Pies: apple, pumpkin, razzleberry, wild blueberry, strawberry rhubarb Scones: plain, currants Pretzels: salted, cheese, buns Don’t forget butterhorns, granola cereals, butter tarts, pecan tarts.

The inside of our new pear pie. This one is an amazing pie

A new pie!! Pear Walnut Crumble Pie. Pears with a hint of ginger topped with a buttery walnut crumble. This might be a new favourite one for me.

Check out our new section on our website called, Knead to Know. Lots of information you might find helpful. www.krausefamilyfarm.ca

We would like to know what you think... Should we try making: Sourdough bagels? Sourdough baguettes? Sourdough cinnamon buns?... Let us know in the comments what you would like to see. See more

Who’s ready for pumpkin pie? We have found some fresh pumpkins this week which means we will be roasting ‘em up for pies. Remember, we don’t use that stuff from a can. Oh no we don’t! We use fresh roasted pumpkins in our pumpkin pies. Haters of pumpkin pie have been won over with our version. The texture and flavour is very different than the traditional canned version. We are starting to take orders for Thanksgiving weekend. Don’t wait too long to order if you’re wanting one (or more, we won’t tell ).

Another week, another crazy baking schedule lined up. Where does the time go? Fresh baked, homemade, fresh milled grains, all sorts of yummy goodness coming your way Stay tuned for more updates for what the muffins, cookies, pies, etc. will be this week.