The Village Baker

The Village Baker Delicious baked goods and elegant mini-desserts, made from scratch by a third-generation baker. At all times, her gold standard is: Is it as good as Dad’s?

The Village Baker, owned and operated by Fran Ferrell and Kathy Waddle, is based in Chapel Hill. We bake at the Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center in Hillsborough, and have also been approved by the NCDA to bake in the home kitchen. Fran is a third-generation baker who grew up in her family’s bakeries and woke up to the aroma of fresh bread baking every morning. Her dad put her to wo

rk in his bakery when she was 10 years old; she wants to make the baked goods she remembers from her childhood (and that you may remember from yours). At the same time, her creative streak compels her to try new things, and she likes the challenge of baking with what’s in season. Kathy has had a long career as a chemist, and has recently left the corporate shtick behind to add her considerable expertise and off-the-wall ideas to The Village Baker. Because we believe that we need to respect our planet, and we think that the animals that provide our food deserve to be treated decently, we choose our ingredients with great care. Everything we use in our baked goods is of the highest quality, and because we want to support other local businesses, we like to buy from our neighbors when we can.

Things are looking good at the new bakery space! We are really liking this ceiling. That's Fran admiring, and Kathy doin...
07/11/2016

Things are looking good at the new bakery space! We are really liking this ceiling. That's Fran admiring, and Kathy doing what she does so well -- supervising! :-)

These guys from the Chapel Hill Moving Company, Inc. muscled some very heavy equipment into our new baking space! It's s...
06/21/2016

These guys from the Chapel Hill Moving Company, Inc. muscled some very heavy equipment into our new baking space! It's starting to look like a bakeshop in there.

For Father's Day, I'm reposting this photo of Dad standing at the oven in the Hackettstown Village Bakery. Miss you, Dad...
06/19/2016

For Father's Day, I'm reposting this photo of Dad standing at the oven in the Hackettstown Village Bakery. Miss you, Dad.

Pink, you are a perfectly fine color. But you're not OUR color. So we're sorry, but you have to go. We'll see you at the...
05/21/2016

Pink, you are a perfectly fine color. But you're not OUR color. So we're sorry, but you have to go. We'll see you at the next pink flamingo party. But in the meantime... So long. Farewell. Auf Wiedersehen. Good-bye!!

This is how you celebrate when you sign a lease on your new baking space! Excited? Yes we are!
05/18/2016

This is how you celebrate when you sign a lease on your new baking space! Excited? Yes we are!

Our shortbread stacks are now at Looking Glass Cafe & Boutique in Carrboro! Bergamot, Chai Spice, Ginger and Rosemary Se...
01/19/2016

Our shortbread stacks are now at Looking Glass Cafe & Boutique in Carrboro! Bergamot, Chai Spice, Ginger and Rosemary Sea Salt. Some of you folks wanted to know...

When you have family full of bakers that decide to have a Kaffee Klatsch for their mother's birthday, you end up with th...
12/10/2015

When you have family full of bakers that decide to have a Kaffee Klatsch for their mother's birthday, you end up with this table of deliciousness!

Here's what we've been up to: cookies, cookies, cookies! Lots and lots of shortbread.
12/10/2015

Here's what we've been up to: cookies, cookies, cookies! Lots and lots of shortbread.

Came upon this collection of old photos from Life magazine, taken in 1939 in the Kansas wheat fields. I particularly lik...
12/03/2015

Came upon this collection of old photos from Life magazine, taken in 1939 in the Kansas wheat fields. I particularly like the ones that show the printed cotton flour sacks, used by women to make dresses and other clothing. And quilts! Some of this old flour sack material can still be had--for a price! The printing on the bags was made to wash out.

Interesting that the flour was "Sunbonnet Sue" flour. Anybody who quilts knows about the Sunbonnet Sue pattern.

http://kcmeesha.com/2009/08/07/old-photoskansas-wheat/

Experimenting with making some pasties. Fran's grandfather was a miner from Cornwall; pasties were the "hand pies" the m...
11/28/2015

Experimenting with making some pasties. Fran's grandfather was a miner from Cornwall; pasties were the "hand pies" the miners took into the mines for lunch. In the process of doing a little research, we were on the UK Amazon site, and the US Amazon site. The UK site had several books about the Cornish miners, and pasties in particular. Want to guess what came up FIRST on the U.S. Amazon site? Um, here's an example. Needless to say, not what we were looking for.

Hey, local folk! Thought you might be interested in hearing about the Black Friday special we are shipping via BakeBox. ...
11/27/2015

Hey, local folk! Thought you might be interested in hearing about the Black Friday special we are shipping via BakeBox.

Our popular Cylinder, all dressed up with somewhere to go! New for 2015, we have included four flavors of our favorite shortbread in this holiday cylinder. And at 15% off (shipping included!), it's perfect for everyone on your "nice" list. Or your "naughty" list. Or your kid's teacher. Or your boss. Or . . . you get the idea!

Leave some out for Santa, or enjoy them yourself with a glass of milk or mug of hot chocolate. (Shhh! Santa won't mind sharing.)

Filled with three each of Bergamot, Chai Spice, Ginger and Rosemary Sea Salt Shortbread.

Buy now, ship for December arrival. Price INCLUDES SHIPPING anywhere in the continental U.S.

https://getbakebox.com/product/santa-sampler/

Putting together some of our shortbread stacks and getting ready to deliver. Hey, folks in Chapel Hill, if you'd like to...
11/19/2015

Putting together some of our shortbread stacks and getting ready to deliver. Hey, folks in Chapel Hill, if you'd like to see some of our shortbread in your favorite local coffee shop, give us a holler! Great cookies for dunking in your afternoon coffee (or tea, or hot chocolate).

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Chapel Hill, NC

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+19199335060

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http://www.Twitter.com/villagebakernc

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