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How to Start a Cottage Bakery: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide (2026)

How to Start a Cottage Bakery: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide (2026)

Fifteen years ago, I started selling cookies out of my home kitchen with zero idea what I was doing. I didn't know my state's cottage food law existed (though, at a much more limited capacity at the time) I priced my first orders by "feeling it out", and I found out...

End of an Era.

Hi everyone. I had shared this with my email subscribers in May and wanted to also post this publicly...... This letter has been sitting in my heart for a long time, and today, I finally feel ready to share it with you. On July 2, 2012, I posted my very first...