Forge Bakehouse ATL

Forge Bakehouse ATL Cottage Microbakery in Sandy Springs, GA specializing in sourdough breads and baked goods made with organic and plant-based ingredients.

Porch Pickup orders open on Saturday AM and close on Sunday PM for Wednesday pickup!

Rosh Hashanah is getting closer - have you reserved your round challah yet?For 5787, choose from four returning favorite...
09/01/2026

Rosh Hashanah is getting closer - have you reserved your round challah yet?

For 5787, choose from four returning favorites:

• Classic Apple & Cinnamon
• Pomegranate
• Cranberry-Orange
• Plain

Each is baked in small batches for the holiday table, so ordering ahead is the best way to make sure your favorite is waiting for you.

Order by Monday, Sept. 7 at 8PM
Pickup Thursday, Sept. 10 at 2 locations

Order here → https://app.simply-bread.co/forgebakehouse/

Eat Better Bread - The New Year Deserves It.

Is dark bread crust burnt?Not necessarily.As bread bakes, heat transforms sugars and amino acids at the surface of the l...
09/01/2026

Is dark bread crust burnt?

Not necessarily.

As bread bakes, heat transforms sugars and amino acids at the surface of the loaf. Those browning reactions create much of the crust’s toasted aroma, deep color, and complex flavor.

A pale crust may look gentle, but it often leaves flavor undeveloped.

We bake our sourdough until the crust is deeply colored, crisp, and aromatic—because color is part of the flavor.

Dark is intentional.

This is the seventh post in our Eat Better Bread series.

Eat Better Bread — Because good bread is worth understanding.

Do you prefer a bold, crisp crust or a softer one?

Coming next: How fermentation helps sourdough stay fresh naturally.

Rosh Hashanah round challah pre-orders are officially open.For 5787, we’re bringing back four round challahs from last y...
08/30/2026

Rosh Hashanah round challah pre-orders are officially open.

For 5787, we’re bringing back four round challahs from last year:

• Apple & Cinnamon
• Pomegranate
• Cranberry-Orange
• Plain

Each one is baked in small batches and made for the holiday table.

Order by Monday, Sept. 7 at 8PM
Pickup Thursday, Sept. 10 at 2 locations

Quantities are limited, so order early if you have a favorite in mind.

Order here → https://app.simply-bread.co/forgebakehouse/

Eat Better Bread — The New Year Deserves It.

What does small-batch baking really mean?It means every dough is mixed, monitored, divided, shaped, scored, and baked wi...
08/24/2026

What does small-batch baking really mean?

It means every dough is mixed, monitored, divided, shaped, scored, and baked with our hands involved throughout the process.

We watch how the dough is fermenting.

We adjust to temperature and humidity.

We feel whether it is ready rather than asking a production line to decide for us.

Small batch does limit how much we can bake.

It also allows us to give each loaf the attention it deserves.

This is the sixth post in our Eat Better Bread series.

Eat Better Bread — Because good bread is worth understanding.

What part of the bread-making process would you most like to see behind the scenes?

Coming next: Why a dark crust is a feature—not a flaw.

This is what Neighbor Loaves looks like in action.Today we delivered 13 fresh sourdough loaves and 8 dozen chocolate chi...
08/24/2026

This is what Neighbor Loaves looks like in action.

Today we delivered 13 fresh sourdough loaves and 8 dozen chocolate chip cookies to the Community Assistance Center (CAC), helping put locally baked food into the hands of neighbors facing food insecurity in our community.

And today's delivery marks something we're especially proud of: *more than 90 loaves have now been donated through the kindness and generosity of Forge Bakehouse customers.*

Neighbor Loaves started with a simple idea: when our customers help us share the cost, Forge Bakehouse can bake a little more and pass that bread along to someone who could use it.

To everyone who has supported the program - thank you. You're helping turn local bread into local impact.

Local bread. Local impact.

Why does Forge Bakehouse use organic ingredients?Because bread this simple leaves nowhere for an ingredient to hide.When...
08/17/2026

Why does Forge Bakehouse use organic ingredients?

Because bread this simple leaves nowhere for an ingredient to hide.

When a loaf begins with flour, water, salt, and starter, the quality of each component matters. We choose organic ingredients as part of our commitment to thoughtful sourcing, transparent baking, and bread made without unnecessary additions.

Organic is not a magic word, and it does not do the baking for us.

But it reflects the choices we want to make about the ingredients entering our kitchen—and the bread leaving it.

This is the fifth post in our Eat Better Bread series.

Eat Better Bread — Because good bread is worth understanding.

Which ingredients do you pay the most attention to when buying food?

Coming next: Why small-batch baking changes the process.

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Bread can only be as good as the flour that goes into it.Flour isn’t simply a neutral base. Different grains, varieties,...
07/29/2026

Bread can only be as good as the flour that goes into it.

Flour isn’t simply a neutral base. Different grains, varieties, protein levels, milling methods, and harvests all influence how dough behaves and how the finished bread tastes.

For our Country Sourdough, we use organic flour selected for strength, flavor, and character, along with whole-grain flour that brings more of the grain into the loaf.

Good fermentation matters.

Good flour gives fermentation something worth working with.

This is the fourth post in our Eat Better Bread series.

Eat Better Bread — Because good bread is worth understanding.

When you taste bread, do you notice the flavor of the grain itself?

Coming next: Why we choose organic ingredients.

What makes sourdough rise?Not a packet of commercial yeast.Our Country Sourdough is leavened with a living starter, a cu...
07/21/2026

What makes sourdough rise?

Not a packet of commercial yeast.

Our Country Sourdough is leavened with a living starter, a culture of flour and water inhabited by naturally occurring yeasts and lactic acid bacteria.

As that culture ferments the dough, it produces the gases that help the loaf rise and the organic acids that give traditional sourdough its distinctive flavor and character.

It’s a slower process, but that’s the point.

Natural leavening isn’t simply a substitute for commercial yeast. It is the foundation of what makes sourdough sourdough.

This is the third post in our Eat Better Bread series.

Eat Better Bread — Because good bread is worth understanding.

Have you ever kept a sourdough starter of your own?

Coming next: Why the flour itself matters.

What does long fermentation actually do?The secret to flavorful sourdough isn’t a secret ingredient.It’s time.Our Countr...
07/21/2026

What does long fermentation actually do?

The secret to flavorful sourdough isn’t a secret ingredient.

It’s time.

Our Country Sourdough ferments slowly for more than 24 hours before it reaches the oven. During that time, the sourdough culture and naturally occurring enzymes transform the dough and develop a broader range of flavors and aromas.
The result is bread with depth, character, and a flavor that can’t be created by rushing the process.

At Forge Bakehouse, we give fermentation the time it needs.

Because time develops flavor.

This is the second post in our Eat Better Bread series.

Eat Better Bread — Because good bread is worth understanding.

What flavors do you notice when you eat traditional sourdough?

Coming next: What it means when bread is naturally leavened.

Weekend plans? We’ve got bread and treats for that.Fresh sourdough, English muffins, hamburger buns, cookies, granola, a...
06/05/2026

Weekend plans? We’ve got bread and treats for that.

Fresh sourdough, English muffins, hamburger buns, cookies, granola, and more will be at DHA Farmers Market this Saturday.

The only difficult decision is whether to leave with one loaf or three.

📍 Brook Run Park
🕘 Saturday • 9AM–12PM

Come early—small batches don’t last long.

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Sandy Springs, GA
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