I look forward to getting to know everyone here as we take this journey together inside this wonderful space Henry has so kindly created for all of us.💛🥐🥯🍞🌾🥖💛

I am so excited to be here! I already am in the other group but this is definitely where I need to be right now. I have baked for markets for 10 years, retired from it for a few years and then started my own baking pickup/delivery biz from home last year. I use the Simply Bread app for customers to order. My breads and muffins vary slightly week to week but the main ones are potato sourdough sandwich loaves, cinnamon loaves and rolls, rustic sourdough sandwich loaves, muffins and sourdough bagels. I want to learn to scale new recipes, mix in bulk - figuring how much can fit in what container, use glass or metal bread pans - currently I use glass. AND the main thing - how can I make more money each week from my baking? Averaging $250-375/week (1 DAY a week). Most of all THANK YOU Henry - you are a wealth of knowledge!

One of our members reached out this week asking for help picking a new stand mixer. She's a cottage-food baker, moving market volume, working with a $500 to $1,000 budget, and she wanted to know what's actually built to handle real bread dough day after day. It's a question I get a lot in this community, so instead of keeping the answer to a single reply, I ran the research and I'm dropping it here for everyone. If you're shopping right now, thinking about upgrading, or watching your current mixer struggle every time you push it past a double batch, this one's for you. Here's what our research turned up. You've got three real options at cottage-food scale: the Bosch Universal Plus, the Ankarsrum Original, and the KitchenAid Commercial 8-quart NSF. All three are rated by the manufacturer for real bread dough. That's the first filter, and most home mixers fail it. Bosch Universal Plus, $499 to $599. Bottom-drive belt transmission, 6.5-quart bowl, rated for up to 15 pounds of dough or roughly 14 one-pound loaves in a single batch. It's the highest per-batch capacity of the three, and it's the cheapest. If you're pushing market volume and mixing multiple bakes a week, this is the one that gives you the most bread per pull for the money. Ankarsrum Original, $750 to $800. Different beast. The bowl spins, the roller and scraper stay put. It's rated for about 11 pounds of dough, roughly 6 loaves per batch. Slightly less capacity than the Bosch, and $250 more, but the roller action is gentler on high-hydration sourdough and lean doughs, and the motor warranty is 7 years. If your market bread leans sourdough, this one earns its price. KitchenAid Commercial 8-quart KSMC895, right at $1,000. 8-quart bowl, bowl-lift, NSF-certified for commercial use, 2-year commercial warranty. Rated for about 8 loaves per batch, so the smallest capacity of the three. The reason to buy it is one thing: NSF certification. The day you move from cottage-food into a permitted commercial kitchen, some jurisdictions require NSF-rated equipment. If that jump is on your two-year horizon, this is the machine that comes with you. If you're staying cottage-food, the money's better spent elsewhere.

𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧. 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. This is the room I built for bakers who are ready to move beyond baking for family and friends. Maybe you're already selling and want to do it better. Maybe you're three months away from your first farmers market. Maybe you're just wondering if any of this is possible for you. It is. And you belong here. 🥖 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 The rhythm here is steady, not loud. Every week you'll see new posts from me and from fellow members across these categories: 🏆 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘀 - Celebrate sold out markets, first wholesale accounts, pricing victories, and milestones. 🍞 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 - Share what came out of your oven this week. Beautiful loaves, ugly loaves, and everything in between. ❓ 𝗔𝘀𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺 - Get honest answers from bakers who've already walked the road you're on. 💵 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 - Learn the numbers behind a profitable home bakery. 🛍️ 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 - Booth setups, packaging ideas, customer stories, and market reports. 📋 𝗖𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 & 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 - Plain English guidance to help you understand your state's cottage food laws. 📦 Monthly Market Kit Every month you'll get a brand new Market Kit that includes: ✅ A seasonal bread recipe, fully costed and priced ✅ A print ready product label ✅ A seasonal marketing angle you can use at your table ✅ A one page cottage food law tip Everything is designed so you can put it to work right away. 🎓 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 The Classroom is where you'll find the complete From Oven to Market course. You'll also find step by step walkthroughs for: 🍞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨 🛒 Your Storefront Builder. Both are pinned separately for easy access. 🤝 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 Show up the same way you'd show up at a farmers market. Bring the bread. Share a photo. Ask real questions. Tell us what worked. Tell us what didn't. Especially the ugly loaves. The members who participate consistently are almost always the ones who grow the fastest. 🚀 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰 1️⃣ Introduce yourself in the Community feed. Tell us: - What you bake - Whether you're already selling or just getting started - What you're hoping to learn