Peggy's HomeBakes

09/02/2026

Mr. Twisty will be back this Saturday! There was such a long line last time, so come early!

08/31/2026

FALL MENU IS OUT!!!!

This week's pre-order we have switched to our Fall menu. We have some returning favourites such as French apple cake, apple pie focaccia, cinnamon focaccia, and cranberry orange scone. This year, we also added two new items! Crumble Vietnamese coffee muffin & Honey glazed Earl Grey tea muffin. Whether you are a coffee lover or a tea lover, you will be getting your caffeine and sweet tooth fix with these muffins!

Some updates for September:
🥐 9/5 Niskayuna Farmers Market
🥐 9/12~9/13 Shaker Heritage Fall Harvest Craft Fair
🥐 9/19 Niskayuna Farmers market (Last online pre-order for September for 9/26 market pick up)
🥐9/26 Niskayuna farmers market (Last farmers market of the season for HomeBakes)

We will be closed from Oct 1st to Oct 10th for a MUCH needed vacation. WE WILL BE GOING TO JAPAN!!!!!!!!! More details to come later!

Pre-order for this week ends tonight @ 9pm!
More fall item to come!!!
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08/28/2026

Everyone likes my cinnamon rolls too much 😝😝😝😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

Cant wait to see you guys tomorrow!!
830am to 1230pm
If you guys cant make it to the market, fresh weekly drop at Lansing’s today!!

08/24/2026

This past weekend, quite a few of my customers came up to me and told me that they have been following my honey experiment/journey. I wasn't expecting that! I was so encouraged and motivated to find a solution to my honey problem.

Today, I tried reducing B honey (my original honey) by 10 gram to see if it helps with the bread structure. The other batch is H honey where I get from farmers market this past weekend (more on this later).

During shaping, I could already feel a difference. With reducing the honey amount, the B honey did not flatten out or spread as much after shaping compare to last time. However, it still felt a bit off. The H honey remained its original plump shape. After final proofing, I could already tell that the B honey was losing its shape. After baking, the B honey had a split like last time, but the braiding was much more pronounced. The H honey came out fantastic! It was round, plump, the oven spring was great and it stands tall. The B honey crumb is still more crumbly than stringy. The H Honey has a well developed gluten strength and the crumb itself is soft and stringy and tender.

I think next step in the experiment is to reduce more B honey amount in my dough and see if it helps further after seeing some more improvement. We are getting there!!!!

I got H honey from Niskayuna Farmers Market. The honey flavour profile is less floral than B honey's but the fructose intensity is very similar to the Logan honey from Taiwan which I absolutely love. I would have used logan honey if the international shipping wasn't so expensive. I would much rather find and support local honey supplier than buying and using the ones sell in the store, because there is such a big difference in the flavour profile between local and grocery store. I will need to try how the flavours different between B and H honey after they cool off.

THIS IS THE LAST PRE-ORDER DAY FOR SUMMER ITEMS!!! Next week, the menu will be switching to my Fall items. Stay tune!!! Pre-order ends tonight at 9pm. Don't forget to subscribe!

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08/21/2026

My minis arent so mini this week!!!! They are happy to see everybody 😎😝😂

08/20/2026

Good morning! A honey update:

I was up late test baking last night. I have used a completely different brand of honey but the same type (Wildflower). I got my original challah back! This shows me that it is not a hydration issue but a difference in honey's sugar ratio. The glucose and fructose ratio of the original honey I used is different compare to last season's. Those bees must have found a secret garden or something...

This is the shape, colour, crumb, texture that I was looking to get back. Original honey made me lost all of these. As a result, this week's challah will be available but made with a different brand of honey. This doesn't mean I am giving up on my original honey yet. (I still have 4 gallons left, lol!) The next step in testing will be to adjust the original honey amount in my recipe to see if it helps.

If you don't like this week's challah, please do let me know afterwards and I will 100% refund your money. To me, flavour is also important, that is what keeps customers coming back for more :) Feel free to call, text, email, contact me through my social media with any comment, feedback, question, etc that you may have.

I have never made so many loaves of challah in a week in my life 🤣Now time to make more challah and find more caffeine... See you all Saturday!!!

08/19/2026

Last week, my challah went flop and I had to refund all my customers and did not bring any challah to the market. This week, the problem persists and I'm beyond frustrated. I have been running test batches to find a solution and bring my challah back and so far without any luck.

The only thing that has changed is that I have opened up a new jar of honey. It is the same brand, however, this new jar of honey is harvested first week of the season, when we had a lot of rain and honey came in late. The honey I used before was later in the season and already had crystallization going on. The glucose, fructose and water content of the honey may have made my challah dough went side ways. There may be more water and higher fructose content because of where bees source their flowers.

I can't control bees but I can control my challah. I'm still doing lots of tests and hope to find a solution soon. If by the end of Friday, my challah is still not up to my usual standard, I will be refunding my customers again with my most sincere apology. I will also be taking my challah off the menu until this is back to normal.

I want to thank everyone's support, patience and understanding with this for this is a really rough week for me. Issues have been coming at me from all directions from all fronts. Im behind on work because of challah and l'm scrambling to stay on schedule.

I will still be at Niskayuna Farmers Market this week and hope to see everyone there! There will be mobile wild zoo as well so bring everyone! 830am-1230pm Niskayuna High School parking lot.

08/18/2026

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