The Mindful Loaf

The Mindful Loaf This chapter of our lives has come to a close - we sincerely thank all of you for supporting this wild dream of ours.
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Much love & gratitude always, your bakers Kelli & Mike

The final piece of lightly used bakery equipment we have left for sale is this Estella 30qt Spiral Dough Mixer-purchased...
07/30/2026

The final piece of lightly used bakery equipment we have left for sale is this Estella 30qt Spiral Dough Mixer

-purchased May of this year
-used 2x/week for approximately one month
-can handle up to 42 pounds of dough per batch
-includes rolling stainless steel equipment stand
-works great, we have closed our home bakery and have no need for it anymore

This is perfect for a small scale or home bakery, we used it to mix 12 loaves of bread per batch and it did a tremendous job.

Price is $800 firm, must be picked up in Steuben

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/estella-sm30-30-qt-42-lb-two-speed-spiral-dough-mixer-120v-2-hp/348SM30.html?gbraid=0AAAAAD_Dx-tuY9_DD-he1Y90Mz91k82h2&gclid=CjwKCAjwyabTBhBFEiwAM3mNUGL2pNTfIz-t9MurWh8Xd3F8FStdjr287p76CnOeZNWUrpffHEvKXxoC6nYQAvD_BwE

Our home is officially on the market - although some parts are rough around the edges, this is a beautiful old home full...
07/26/2026

Our home is officially on the market - although some parts are rough around the edges, this is a beautiful old home full of character 🩵 we’ve loved her deeply during our time here, but she’s just too large for our small family of two (plus the four legged kids)

The Mindful Loaf is permanently closed - you all have our sincerest and deepest gratitude for supporting our dream, whic...
07/26/2026

The Mindful Loaf is permanently closed - you all have our sincerest and deepest gratitude for supporting our dream, which evolved into something bigger than either Mike or I had ever thought possible.

If you missed out on a container of sourdough starter and would still like some, please let me know via email - there’s no longer any available in our fridge in the stand but I will try to arrange a way for anyone who would like starter to be able to get some.

I think I got all the requested recipes out to those who had asked for them, but if I missed yours in the pile in my inbox, please send me an email!

Within the next few weeks, our bread stand and baking equipment will all be heading to new homes and dutifully serving fellow home bakers in the area.

I will no longer be monitoring this page with any regularity (Facebook consumes an incomprehensible amount of mental space and has been made taboo in our new chapter of life).

If you need to get in touch for any reason, the best way will be via email ([email protected])

much love,
Kelli & Mike

Yesterday we fired up our oven for one last time, and every loaf of bread that we baked was donated to the Schoodic Food...
07/24/2026

Yesterday we fired up our oven for one last time, and every loaf of bread that we baked was donated to the Schoodic Food Pantry this morning - we thought it only fitting that the last product of our home kitchen benefit the community that made this all possible for us 🩵

Along with our loaves of bread, we also dropped off chevre which was generously donated to the pantry by Painted Pepper Farm 🥰 what a wonderful community we have here!

ISO egg buyers! Since we've closed, our local source for farm fresh eggs needs more local people to buy their eggs! Thes...
07/22/2026

ISO egg buyers!

Since we've closed, our local source for farm fresh eggs needs more local people to buy their eggs! These are from happy, local chickens right here in Steuben - and they produce a LOT of eggs, so this is perfect for any other local bakers looking to have a consistent weekly source of fresh eggs.

Chelsey filled our requests for 10+ dozen eggs each week with ease (even when out of the blue I requested an additional 5 dozen eggs only a couple days before our scheduled weekly restock!), and a regular weekly pick up/drop off was always a breeze ⭐ 10/10 would recommend for any home bakers or even just as casual egg consumers!

To order eggs - reach out to Chelsey Phillips @ 207-610-9232

‼️REMAINING LIGHTLY USED BAKERY EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE‼️The majority of our bakery equipment has been claimed ...
07/22/2026

‼️REMAINING LIGHTLY USED BAKERY EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE‼️

The majority of our bakery equipment has been claimed by another local home baker looking to expand (so exciting for them and a win-win for us both!) but there are a few pieces left we are looking to sell.

Most pieces are only about 2 months old, work great, we simply are closing this chapter of our lives and headed a different direction. We used these items on a regular basis and have never had any issues.

Photo #1: Estella 30qt Spiral Dough Mixer, was put into service in May 2026 and only used regularly for approximately one month, includes the rolling stainless steel equipment stand that it is sitting on. Asking $1100

Photo #2: SOLD Avantco 10qt Planetary Mixer, was put into service in April 2026 and only used regularly for approximately two months, top cover on the unit has a small cosmetic crack. Asking $700 (included is a second identical unit that arrived to us damaged from the manufacturer, not sure if it functions as we never uncrated it but it would be good for replacement parts down the road at the very least)

Photo #3: SOLD KitchenAid 5.5qt Bowl Lift Stand Mixer, comes with both the 5.5 qt bowl (with whisk, paddle, and dough hook) and a smaller 3qt bowl (with whisk) (has never been used for bread doughs, only cookies/brownies/cakes) Asking $175

Photo #4: SOLD White Top Freezer Refrigerator, rec'd in June 2026 (it's so new that the inside still has most of the packaging tape). Photo #5 shows the inside of the white fridge, asking $350

Photo #6: SOLD Stainless Steel Top Freezer Refrigerator, rec'd in May 2026, photo #7 shows the inside of this fridge, asking $350

Photo #8: SOLD Black Side-by-Side style Kenmore fridge, purchased used, works great - asking $300

We also have available a manually operated 12" dough sheeter/laminator (see comments for photo) asking $100 SOLD

All items would need to be picked up in Steuben.

Prices negotiable within reason - we are more inclined to negotiate with those looking to purchase multiple pieces of equipment

For availability or more info, please EMAIL [email protected] or TEXT Kelli @ 207-631-9355 (don't call - my cell service is poor where we are and I don't always receive calls, and even when I do they are often dropped)

ALL bread is sold out - we still have some sourdough starters (for free) in the fridge as well as $10 t-shirts & hats, p...
07/11/2026

ALL bread is sold out - we still have some sourdough starters (for free) in the fridge as well as $10 t-shirts & hats, plus a couple bags of marked down flour left.

Thank you everyone for a great turnout for our final bake 🩵 I wish I could have had more available (bread was gone by around 10:30 this morning)

Even though today is our last bake, we will continue to have sourdough starter available for the next two Saturdays so if you don’t get one today, don’t fret 🙂

Our FINAL bake is tomorrow, July 11thThis is the last bake for the bread stand, after which we will be closing permanent...
07/10/2026

Our FINAL bake is tomorrow, July 11th

This is the last bake for the bread stand, after which we will be closing permanently.

The fridge will be WELL stocked with containers of sourdough starter which we are giving away - please only take one, the containers are small but it is more than enough to get you started!

Mindful Loaf Merch is all ONLY $10 - includes all shirts, baseball caps, and beanies

Maine Grains packaged flours & other grains are all 50% OFF the marked price

Unfortunately, I woke up this evening to find that our primary dough fridge had come unlatched and we had to trash an entire fridge worth of bread, bagel, and english muffin dough, which means variety & inventory of this bake will be extremely limited. We also will not have ANY sweets or cookies, as my still-healing sprained ankle can't take the grueling hours in the kitchen with no breaks and Mike is occupied with other projects.

Here is what we will have when we open tomorrow @ 10am:

Sourdough loaves: classic, seeded, honey whole wheat, cinnamon raisin swirl

Sourdough focaccia: parm garlic & herbs, rosemary & sea salt

Sourdough starter: free to anyone who wants to venture into sourdough baking and will be inside the fridge. PLEASE only take one container! On top of the fridge will be sheets of paper that include our basic Classic sourdough recipe and a rough outline of the process. This was written assuming a basic level of understanding of the sourdough baking, if you are completely new we have also included some beginner-friendly recommended resources.

I'm sorry to have our last bake be so limited - it wasn't my intention and I certainly wasn't a happy camper upon waking up to see that 6+ hours worth of hard work had to go into the trash. Rather than being upset about the botched dough, I'm choosing to see it as another assurance that we are heading in the right direction by taking a step back and choosing to focus our energy inwards 🩵

Tomorrow, July 11th, will be our FINAL day open 🥺Our original intent was to stay open on Saturdays until the end of July...
07/10/2026

Tomorrow, July 11th, will be our FINAL day open 🥺

Our original intent was to stay open on Saturdays until the end of July, but a still-healing ankle injury that can't stand up to the grueling hours required to prep and bake sourdough (combined with a lot of other factors that I won't bore you with) has forced us to change those plans.

I managed to make it through last night's dough prep but my ankle has made it very clear that I'm not ready to be on my feet for 12+ hours with no break. Thankfully the bake night is less demanding since we are not doing sweets, and Mike will be present to help with that part of things also.

We will still have sourdough starter available for free, as well as close-out priced flour and Mindful Loaf merch (shirts & hats) available July 18th & July 25th for those of you who can't make it tomorrow 🩵

🚨 CLEARANCE on all Maine Grains products and Mindful Loaf Merch at the bread stand!Thru our final day (July 25th), all M...
07/09/2026

🚨 CLEARANCE on all Maine Grains products and Mindful Loaf Merch at the bread stand!

Thru our final day (July 25th), all Maine Grains packaged products are 50% off the marked price plus ALL Mindful Loaf merch (t-shirts, hats, and beanies) will be only $10‼️

I’m back on my feet (albeit still quite sore) and the bread stand will be open this weekend at 10am Saturday with a limited menu of fresh sourdough items and chocolate chip cookies - I’ll post the bake list tomorrow morning for that 😊

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96 Dyer’s Bay Road
Steuben, ME
04680

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+12076319355

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