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Starting a bakery: what would be your first product?

delicious beatersIt's been a lot of fun following along as Kelli from Lovescool starts her own bakery. In a particularly detailed look into the mechanics of creating hundreds of champagne brownies for her first shipment, she reports that selecting brownies as her first product was a challenge; mostly because it's hard to tell from the surface if your pan is done. "I would advise people to start with a nice and simple product like cookies where you can immediately tell if they are done or not," she says.

It made me think about the dream both I and practically everyone I know shares somewhere deep inside: that I should open a bakery/restaurant/cafe someday. "This is so wonderful, you should sell it!" exclaim your friends. "Why don't you open a ___ shop?" everyone at work asks you.

But what is it? What recipe have you perfected so assiduously that it would be the obvious choice if you were to open a bakery? For me, it changes from season to season, but my friend Larissa and I have lately been dreaming about opening a cupcake bakery and selling our products at our favorite local farmer's market. What about you?

[photo Sarah Gilbert]

Filed Under: Business, On the Blogs, Ingredients, Drink Recipes, Chefs & Restaurants, How To, Restaurants, Methods
Tags: bakery, bakery business, BakeryBusiness, bakeshop, baking, brownies, business, champagne, chocolate, cookies, dessert, family recipes, FamilyRecipes, favorite recipes, FavoriteRecipes, secret recipes, SecretRecipes, starting a bakery, StartingABakery

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Jake Parrillo

12-27-2005 @4:35PM Jake Parrillo said... Lasagna. The no-boil kind. Mmmm...tasty.
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Misty

12-27-2005 @5:58PM Misty said... I've got the name & layout picked out... not to mention that I just got accepted into the California Culinary Academy for Baking & Pastry Arts.... My first product would probally be either kirsh hearts or vodka cherries. Both a pain to make, but a pleasure to eat...
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Berkana

12-28-2005 @3:36AM Berkana said... If I were to start my own bakery, it would be "Phyllo lab", where men in labcoats make scientifically optimalized baklava, b'stilla, and spanakopita. (Those are my best baked items. Next behind that would be my maple flan.)
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Punisher2k

12-29-2005 @9:10AM Punisher2k said... Cheesecake. Hands down.
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yelena

1-18-2006 @12:36AM yelena said... chocolate walnut fudge
my friend actually offered me twenty bucks to make him a batch! this to me was the ultimate of compliments seeing as i want to open a restaurant/lounge when i finish school and have had the napkins picked out since seventh grade.lol. the fudge would be great as a bar snack for those waiting for a table.
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