Orchard Hill Breadworks

Orchard Hill Breadworks Orchard Hill BreadworksReally good bread made by friendly people. Bakers of wood fired breads and cookies made with organic flour and grains.
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Available at the bakery and stores throughout the Monadnock Region.

snow on daffodils, gales, lightning storms and humidity like mid summer, this April has offered up a true variety platte...
04/22/2026

snow on daffodils, gales, lightning storms and humidity like mid summer, this April has offered up a true variety platter while we prepare for the season ahead.

it’s time for oven wood delivery - garden clean up - farmers’ market site prep - pavilion clearing and pizza night preparation. every day is packed in the unique anticipatory way special to this time of year.

the fourth and final of our spring pizza kit saturdays is this week, check out the link over in stories and snag one for you and the family.

fresh loaves on shelves tomorrow!

Happy - how about that for a launch into springtime - Saturday! Come get goodies today, we’re taking a day off so no bre...
04/18/2026

Happy - how about that for a launch into springtime - Saturday!

Come get goodies today, we’re taking a day off so no bread on Tuesday next week! And boy did this crew make it worth your while, a staggering array awaits ~

• PIZZA KIT•
Plain cheese or
Mushroom, pepperoni, fresh basil

PASTRY •
Pistachio pastry cream twice baked
Mushroom Brie + herb puffs
Kouign Amann
Ham and cheese pinwheel

• BREAD •
Maple oat
whole grain fresh milled Russian rye
Olive rosemary
Sunny flax

•MARKETPLACE•
Steppingstone Commons braising / salad greens
Zhoug
Harissa roasted pepper spread
Hummus
Marinated olives

Before the moment passes…
Sugaring season went in a flash, but our barrels worth is stashed away for the coming year thanks to Peter and Debbie Rhoades who’ve been making syrup a couple miles from here for decades and supplying us since year 1. The real, tangible value of connections like this can’t be overstated, they are a key ingredient in what give places a soul. 💛

Just because we’re three weeks away from opening day and a couple weeks from , doesn’t mean we’re hitting snooze on Sat...
04/11/2026

Just because we’re three weeks away from opening day and a couple weeks from , doesn’t mean we’re hitting snooze on Saturday mornings. It’s still spring after all!

We’re curating bake at home pizza kits, filling the pastry case with inventive flavors like Thai Tea twice baked, lemon blueberry pound cake and the fridge with housemade goodies like zhoug, hummus, harissa red pepper spread and so many others.

All the while clinging to the perhaps naive idea that if we just keep being kind, sending love and care into the world through everything we do, then… I don’t know, maybe despite evidence these days to the contrary, the collective reservoir of hope rises?

One certainty is that a portion of all pizza kit sales go to .for.ukraine, a group of bakers who define this ideal as purely as any.

Left with the choice to write a simple menu post or this snippet from the April newsletter, the entrepreneur on one shou...
04/04/2026

Left with the choice to write a simple menu post or this snippet from the April newsletter, the entrepreneur on one shoulder is screaming “tell everyone about the Easter goodies, the extra special pastries and the take home pizza kits, all of which will fill every shelf, table and rack in the bakery tomorrow.”

The fellow on my other shoulder says it’s fine to rely on your good judgment and the fact that at this point you know and expect all of that and more from us, and instead share a sentence or two about what’s behind the flurry of activity that marked this and every week at the bakery.

A recent interview with Jose Andres, founder of and an uplifting voice any time one is in need of inspiration, made what has otherwise been a really challenging time and turned my attention away from the madness and towards small actions every day that plant seeds of hope.

This message echoes through most of what you find here, but my faith that encounters in real life with other people are among the most essential counters we have to overwhelm and hopelessness. Come up and see whether it’s true or not, things are going to be hopping this weekend. Even if it’s not, the chocolate eclairs we’re making will make the drive worthwhile.

Just because it’s everywhere and we’ll be contending with it for weeks to come, do we have to call this Mud Season? For ...
03/23/2026

Just because it’s everywhere and we’ll be contending with it for weeks to come, do we have to call this Mud Season?
For instance “high tunnel salad season” has a nice ring to it, no? And Steppingstone Commons just brought us 24 bags of these beauties.

Or, since we’ll be pairing these greens with our take home pizza kits all of April, maybe we can dub it “Pizza Night Preseason” 🤔

Every Saturday in April, to help brighten up what can be a gloomy time of year in these parts, and to raise money for .for.ukraine, a noble cause if there ever was one, bake at home PIZZA KIT sign ups are live now. Sign up for the whole month or just the nights you want. See the link on our website, in bio or over in stories.

Happy Pi day! Do we sometimes question what in the world we’ve gotten ourselves into? YES, we certainly do ( oh, and whe...
03/14/2026

Happy Pi day!
Do we sometimes question what in the world we’ve gotten ourselves into? YES, we certainly do ( oh, and when I say “we” I’m almost always guilty of being the one to stir the pot 🙃)
Exhibit A - In the past 48 hours, in addition to all the regular breads and pastry, we also made:
• Seventy some pies - Strawberry Rhubarb, Chocolate Cream and two different kinds of quiche.
• Over 100 quarts of soup really good soup.
• The first batch of Hot Cross Buns of the season.
• Plus a stunning batch of marinated sheep’s feta, and a fresh batch of zhoug so bright green it almost glows.

While I might get us into what at times can feel like truly impossible situations, it’s over 20 incredible humans that get us through and make the beauty you have on your plates.

Eliza 🌟conductor and maker extraordinaire. Pastry 🌟Kate, Natalie. Breads 🌟 Emily, Holly, Alec, Sadie, Elaina David, Juniper. Bakers 🌟Talia, Matthew, Hana. Masters of getting all the rest done 🌟 Nisayah, Betsy, Kurt, Eleanor, Anton, Asher, Katy, Cora, Barb… 🌟

The world is feeling scary and unstable a lot of the time these days, but I maintain that finding the thing we love to do, doing it well, with love and with others, is as good a way to be as any of us can hope to find.

Come see us today, you’ll be glad you made the trip.

The sign might only be up for a couple weeks, but the statement is universally true, today and all the rest of ‘em too. ...
02/21/2026

The sign might only be up for a couple weeks, but the statement is universally true, today and all the rest of ‘em too.

Today’s menu? It’s long, and fabulous for sure, but some of the highlights are:

• Orange curd square with candied blood orange

• Toasted Sesame honey twice baked

• Spinach and artichoke pull apart

• Roasted potato and cheddar rolled in spicy cornmeal

• 100% whole grain, fresh milled russian rye.

Not one of these are to be missed. Shovel that snow and get over here alright? 👈🏼 💛

Menu post! BREAD Onion pepper Parmesan100% whole, fresh milled, regionally grown, Currant RyeSunny FlaxFrench BatardCoun...
02/06/2026

Menu post!

BREAD

Onion pepper Parmesan
100% whole, fresh milled, regionally grown, Currant Rye
Sunny Flax
French Batard
Country

PASTRY

Sesame honey danish
Dulce de leche + hazelnut twice baked
Peanut butter dark chocolate rye brownie
Mushroom tomato + mozz vegg puff
Cream cheese + everything spice pull apart

All this and so very much more, here at ground zero and + plenty of other spots too.
- Super very extra cold and snowy weekend deal is for here and market only! -

Selected pastries going out first thing to .humble.mug and Saxtons River Market.



Simple as that.

February came in cold and has stayed so. I know how this wears a lot of folks down and makes a troubled time feel even m...
02/05/2026

February came in cold and has stayed so. I know how this wears a lot of folks down and makes a troubled time feel even more trying. But let’s do our very best to .. b e h e r e n o w ..

Which means dealing with discomfort with as much grace as we can, offering each other grace because life is not easy, and remembering that wherever we find ourselves, at a jubilant peak with extra to give, or struggling through each day and feeling empty, we have been helped by so many, known and unknown, to get where we are.

Generosity got us here, and generosity will get us through.

I’m not a grand solutions kind of thinker, so I find genuine respite in a lovely handwritten envelope that arrives in the mail, or a stunning cake captured perfectly in the sunlight of a frozen winter day by .

It’s almost always little things, not big splashy ones, that provide the energy to show up for ourselves and others. So keep finding what sustains you every day and build that foundation for a long journey. We need everyone arm in arm right now.

Is it bad to admit that I have NO idea how a post on here sometimes reaches many thousands and very often just a few hun...
01/28/2026

Is it bad to admit that I have NO idea how a post on here sometimes reaches many thousands and very often just a few hundred?

Oh well, yesterday’s post struck a cord I guess, hopefully some of you stick around and see what we’re up to, but as a true believer in the power of IRL - sure, Ireland too, but mostly I’m talking about being together in the flesh 😜- I’m ducking back out of digital for a few and back to real life in a moment.

But follow the slides, you’ll get to the announcement and purpose of this post. 📣

Join us SATURDAY, 3:00 - 5:00 for a bakery social: pizza • snacks • drinks • no charge • donations welcome • all profits to Fall Mtn Food Shelf •

Address

121 Old Settlers Road
Alstead, NH
03602

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 8pm
Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 8pm
Saturday 8am - 8pm
Sunday 8am - 8pm

Telephone

+16038357845

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