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Real Sourdough. Made with love. 🤍

I’m Christina! I run a license, Sourdough cottage bakery in Elgin, Illinois, offering fresh sourdough for Friday pick ups.

I also teach hands-on sourdough classes and wrote the Sunday Loaf to help you bake on your own.

10/11/2026

It’s so much more than bread. It’s the little moments, the familiar faces, and the community that’s grown around this little bakery. 🤎
Thank you for being part of it.

10/10/2026

There’s something about these crisp fall mornings that makes me love baking even more. 🍂

A warm cup of coffee, the quiet of the early morning, and a bakery full of dough waiting to become bread.

I love watching the sun come through the windows as the first loaves come out of the oven, slowly filling every inch of counter space.

Here’s a little peek inside Kneaded by Christina this week. From mixing and shaping to scoring, baking, cooling, and eventually getting everything ready for Friday pickups.

Lots of early mornings, lots of flour, and a whole lot of sourdough. 🤎

Happy fall from my little bakery in Elgin!

10/09/2026

EXTRAS! For pick up today, October 9 from 2 to 6 PM at 3709 Peregrine Way, Elgin. Comment below if you want something and I will confirm and you can Zelle me at 630-209-9328 or Venmo KneadedbyChristina

- (5) einkorn sandwich bread $16 - SOLD OUT
-(2) chocolate chunk cookies $14 - SOLD OUT
-(3) Pumpkin seed and sesame loaf $17 SOLD OUT
-(5) 2pk bread bowls $13 - SOLD OUT
-(1) pumpkin sourdough shaped like a pumpkin $18 SOLD OUT
-(3) original sourdough $12 SOLD OUT
……(15!!!) pumpkin streusel loaf $16 - 1 LEFT

+ i have some “not pretty” (aka they just aren’t up to my full standards but still taste 🔥🔥) pumpkin streusel loafs discounted for $14 - 6 LEFT

- pizza dough and pancake mix is available in the garage!

Comment below if you want something!!

10/08/2026

lets play a game today…..

How many POUNDS of pumpkin did i use today to bake 40 loaves of Pumpkin Streusel Bread? The first correct guess will get a free loaf for pick up tomorrow. 🎃

10/08/2026

👀 next week’s menu goes live Thursday at 4:30 and the French Onion focaccia is back (you guys LOVEDDD it!!)

10/05/2026

Fun fact: I’ve worked in the natural + organic food industry my entire career, and the other day I was looking around the bakery and realized how many of the ingredients I use every week come from companies and places I’ve actually gotten to know firsthand over the years.

I’ve been underground at the redmondrealsalt mine in Utah, toured janiesmill here in Illinois, visited tillamook in Oregon, and spent time with organicvalley farmers in Wisconsin.

And apparently my camera roll does not go back far enough 😂 because there are a few more places I’ve visited over the years too - Wholesome Sweeteners, Endangered Species Chocolate, Earth Friendly Products and Hershey.

I haven’t made it to King Arthur Baking Company yet, but I did spend a week living with a King Arthur chef, chefsusaninvt while we volunteered cleaning up the Ohio River with livinglandsandwaters— and yes, she fed us VERY well. 😂 So that one still feels pretty special.

Then there are the ingredients that are even closer to home. I know the families and makers behind the local honey and hines_brines seasonings I use right here in our community.

I’ve always loved learning about how food is made, where ingredients come from, and the people behind them. Long before Kneaded existed, that was already such a big part of my world.

Now I get to bring all of that into this little bakery and choose ingredients I feel really good about using in the food I make for you every week.

And I think that’s pretty cool. 🤎

10/04/2026

If learning sourdough has been on your “someday” list… maybe this fall is the time. 🍂

If you’ve been wanting to start but haven’t known where to begin, I have a few different ways to help -whether you want to learn at home, follow along with my book, or come bake with me in person.

If you’re local, I have Starter Jar Sets and Starter + Sunday Loaf Bundles available every week for Friday pickup in Elgin.

If you’re not local, you can grab The Sunday Loaf on Amazon and learn my process from your own kitchen.

And if you’re more of a hands-on learner, I have three Sourdough 101 Workshops left this fall/winter at foxdencooking in St. Charles.

However you learn best, I’d love to help you start baking, comment Sourdough and I’ll send you the links!

10/03/2026

POV: you have a sourdough cottage bakery in your backyard and fresh bread is waiting for you every Friday. 🤎

Weekly menus drop Thursdays at 4:30 PM with sourdough, focaccia, scones, cookies + whatever seasonal things I’m baking that week.

Local pickup in Elgin, IL.

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10/03/2026

The weather is changing and I am fully ready for soup + bread bowl season. 🍂🥣

There is just something about a warm bowl of soup tucked inside fresh sourdough that feels like fall.

This season I’ll have soups from topshelffoodco available each week alongside my bread bowls, so dinner can basically be handled for you. 🙌🏻

Soup season is officially here. 🤎

10/02/2026

🙏🙏🙏🙏COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!!

EXTRAS TODAY, OCTOBER 2! 🤎

(10) Christinabon Monkeybread $22.50 - SOLD OUT
(2) jalapeño cheddar $17 - SOLD OUT
(1) 2pk of bread bowl $13 - SOLD OUT
(1) sandwich bread $15 - SOLD OUT

Come below if you want something and I will confirm. Pick up is today until 6 PM at 3709 Peregrine Way, Elgin. You can Zelle me at 630-209-9328 or Venmo KneadedbyChristina.

Thank you all sooooo much for supporting Kneaded!

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3709 Peregrine Way
Chicago, IL
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http://www.kneadedbychristina.com/, https://amzn.to/4c0auea

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