Ballstead Bread & Creamery

Ballstead Bread & Creamery Where wholesome meets indulgent...
Now serving Abiline, San Angelo, Brady, Brownwood, and everything between!

Introducing...🔥 Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Jalapeño Sourdough 🔥As if jalapeño sourdough couldn’t get any better… bacon wrappe...
05/27/2026

Introducing...

🔥 Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Jalapeño Sourdough 🔥

As if jalapeño sourdough couldn’t get any better… bacon wrapped stuffed jalapeños baked into a handcrafted loaf? Yes please. 🤍

This bold new flavor combines smoky bacon, creamy stuffed jalapeños, melty cheese, and slow-fermented sourdough into one unforgettable loaf that’s packed with flavor in every slice. Savory, slightly spicy, and perfectly balanced by the comforting texture of artisan sourdough.

Whether toasted with butter, paired with soup or barbecue, or enjoyed straight from the cutting board, this loaf was made for those who love big flavor and wholesome homemade comfort food.

Handcrafted in small batches with simple ingredients, honest flavor, and the same slow, intentional process that makes Ballstead Bread & Creamery unique.

✨ NEW FLAVOR AVAILABLE NOW for $14 ✨

Washed Clean ✨There’s something grounding about preparing fruit.Washing each raspberry carefully. Drying them gently. Se...
05/27/2026

Washed Clean ✨

There’s something grounding about preparing fruit.

Washing each raspberry carefully. Drying them gently. Setting aside the bruised ones and keeping the good fruit to be folded into raspberry cheesecake ice cream and raspberry white chocolate crumble.

Good ingredients matter.

Not because perfection is the goal, but because what we put in eventually becomes part of what we share with others.

And somewhere in the middle of rinsing berries today, I was reminded how often God speaks through simple things.

Fruit doesn’t appear overnight.
Healthy fruit comes from good roots, good soil, nourishment, pruning, patience, sunlight, and care.

The same is true spiritually.

The Lord often works quietly in us first — cleansing, refining, removing what doesn’t belong, and preparing us for purposes we may not yet fully see.

Sometimes the washing process feels uncomfortable.
Sometimes the pruning does too.

But God never cleanses without purpose.

“He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.”
— John 15:2

This morning I’m grateful for simple yet meaningful work, good fruit, and the reminder that the Lord is always cultivating something deeper beneath the surface.

May we be people who bear good fruit — nourishing, honest, life-giving fruit — for the glory of God and the good of others. 🤍

🍓 Strawberries & Cream Muffins 🍓Soft, tender sourdough muffins bursting with strawberries and filled with a rich, creamy...
05/26/2026

🍓 Strawberries & Cream Muffins 🍓

Soft, tender sourdough muffins bursting with strawberries and filled with a rich, creamy cheesecake-style center — quickly becoming Ballstead’s number one selling muffin only days after their creation. 🤍

What began as a seasonal idea quickly surpassed even our comforting Smoked Cinnamon Streusel in popularity, and one bite explains why. Sweet strawberries, velvety cream cheese filling, fresh milled goodness, and just the right balance of indulgence without being overly sweet.

Handcrafted in small batches with simple ingredients, honest flavor, and the same slow, intentional care that goes into everything at Ballstead Bread & Creamery. ✨

Perfect for breakfast, dessert, coffee breaks, or honestly… anytime.

$3 each

Or mix and match any of our muffins:

4 for $10
6 for $14
12 for $24

What a day. 😅43 loaves shaped today… and 58 more waiting for tomorrow — plus customer pickups, planning the rest of the ...
05/26/2026

What a day. 😅

43 loaves shaped today… and 58 more waiting for tomorrow — plus customer pickups, planning the rest of the week’s baking schedule, making the shopping list, and somehow still finding time to babysit and finish getting the pool ready to fill for summer. ☀️

Truthfully, I’ve found a pretty good rhythm to it all. The days stay full, but they’re full of good things — family, baking, conversation, sunshine, planning, and creating food I genuinely love sharing with others.

Ballstead Bread & Creamery may keep me busy, but life around here is slow in the best kind of way. Flour on the counters, music or birds in the background, a dance with my Handsome in the middle of it all, little hands helping here and there, and ending the evening with a movie after a productive day feels pretty sweet. 🤍

Thank you all for keeping this little business growing and thriving. Your support means more than you know. 🥖✨

✨ Fresh-milled flour behaves differently.It’s alive in a way store flour isn’t. Richer flavor. More nourishment. More wo...
05/25/2026

✨ Fresh-milled flour behaves differently.

It’s alive in a way store flour isn’t. Richer flavor. More nourishment. More work too, if I’m being honest.

But that’s usually the tradeoff with real things.

Real food takes time.
Real healing takes time.
Real faith takes time.

The world keeps offering shortcuts for nearly everything — including health, peace, and purpose. But God often works through slow, steady cultivation instead.

Seed. Harvest. Grain. Bread.

His creation still teaches us if we’re willing to pay attention.

Even wheat must first be broken before it can become nourishment for others. The grain is crushed, sifted, kneaded, and transformed before it ever becomes bread on the table.

And sometimes the Lord works in us the same way.

Not to destroy us, but to refine us.
To remove what is unnecessary.
To make something nourishing, useful, and life-giving out of ordinary things surrendered into His hands.

Growth with God is rarely instant. It is daily dependence. Daily surrender. Daily faithfulness in the quiet places no one else sees.

But there is beauty in the slow process.

“As the earth brings forth its sprouts…”
— Isaiah 61:11

May we trust the Lord enough to embrace the process, knowing that in His hands, even the slow seasons are producing something good. 🤍

🍓 Summer Berry Blast 🍓A bright, refreshing blend of organic strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries handcrafted into...
05/24/2026

🍓 Summer Berry Blast 🍓

A bright, refreshing blend of organic strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries handcrafted into a creamy summer favorite. Balanced with a touch of vanilla and lightly sweetened with organic cane sugar, this flavor lets the berries truly shine.

Like all Ballstead Bread & Creamery ice creams, Summer Berry Blast is made with simple ingredients, handcrafted in small batches, and contains just 1/4 the sugar of traditional ice cream — because indulgence doesn’t have to be overwhelming to be delicious. 🤍

Fresh, fruity, creamy, and perfectly refreshing for warm summer days. ✨

I just love when the loaves come out of the oven looking this beautiful. 🤍Golden crust, melted cheese, the smell filling...
05/24/2026

I just love when the loaves come out of the oven looking this beautiful. 🤍

Golden crust, melted cheese, the smell filling the kitchen… it never gets old. It's deeply satisfying to watch simple ingredients slowly transform into something nourishing, comforting, and made to share with others.

Every loaf at Ballstead Bread & Creamery is handcrafted with patience, intention, and a whole lot of love (and joy!) — from the slow fermentation to the final bake.

✨ Baked fresh daily
✨ Handcrafted in small batches
✨ Fresh milled & slow fermented goodness

From my kitchen to your table. 🥖🤍

✨ SOURDOUGH SPOTLIGHT ✨🌿 Garlic Rosemary Sourdough 🌿One of Ballstead’s most loved savory loaves — and a very close secon...
05/24/2026

✨ SOURDOUGH SPOTLIGHT ✨

🌿 Garlic Rosemary Sourdough 🌿

One of Ballstead’s most loved savory loaves — and a very close second favorite to our popular jalapeño cheddar. 🤍

Slow fermented sourdough infused with aromatic rosemary and roasted garlic in every slice. The smell alone coming from the oven is enough to make the whole kitchen feel warm and inviting.

Perfect toasted, paired with soups and pasta, dipped in olive oil, or enjoyed warm with one of our handcrafted butters melting into every bite. ✨

Simple ingredients. Honest flavor. Always baked fresh to order.

05/23/2026

A beautiful sunrise and a fresh new day… one of my favorite ways to spend the morning. 🤍

Around Ballstead Bread & Creamery, every day is bake day. While most of the world is still sleeping, the wheat is milling, dough is rising, coffee is brewing, and another day of creating nourishing food begins.

There’s something peaceful about the rhythm of slow mornings — the quiet before the busy, the sunrise before the heat of the day, and the reminder that God’s mercies are new every morning.

Grateful for the work, the people we serve, and the simple blessings woven throughout even the busiest days. ✨

Praying your day is filled with peace, purpose, and little reminders of God’s goodness all around you. 🌅

🍑 The wait is over… Peach Cobbler Ice Cream is back! 🍨Creamy handcrafted ice cream made with organic ingredients and swe...
05/23/2026

🍑 The wait is over… Peach Cobbler Ice Cream is back! 🍨

Creamy handcrafted ice cream made with organic ingredients and sweet peach cobbler goodness in every bite. Simple ingredients. Honest flavor. 🤍

This flavor has quickly become a favorite around here, and for good reason. It’s rich, comforting, nostalgic, and tastes like Texas in a cup.

Made in small batches with the same slow, intentional approach we use for everything at Ballstead Bread & Creamery — because good things take time. ✨

Limited quantities available. 🍑

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