Sunday, August 29 – School’s Starting!

For those of you with kids starting school on Monday the 30th, and for those of you with kids who have already started school, and for those of you without kids who like to eat lunch – this week is for you! The Lunch Box Bread is back, and I’m bringing lots of cookies. My daughter doesn’t usually get sweets in her lunch, except for the first and last days of school – so Monday is looking like her lucky day (aside from that whole school-starting-thing).

I’m totally tempted to put something on a stick, but I might just offer them as a side for those of you jonesing for some state fair action.

breads

• Baguette: I’m very proud to say you can get these at my stand AND at the Chef Shack with the herring sandwich! My great-grandfather would be thrilled – he was a Lake Superior fisherman in the early 1900s, and the Tofte clan is nothing if not fools for herring.
• Lunch Box Bread: oatmeal bread in the classic loaf pan shape. I’ve heard that some kids even eat the crust on this one.
• Grain Exchange: the multi-grain with the cool crackle swirl on top, made with grains that have been traded on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange at some point in time (rye, oats, corn, wheat).
• Kingfield Sourdough: I’ve been sneakily adding my favorite partially sifted whole wheat flour to this bread for the last few rounds and I think it’s getting tastier and tastier. Whole wheat, rye and bran levains for pleasantly tangy chewiness – one of my favorite toast breads.
• Bags of Buns: we have these hiding in the shade so be sure to ask if you don’t see them right away. I’m keeping them in plastic to make sure they retain their softy goodness, but if they sit in the sun they get all soggy with the condensation. Sausage and burger. These will be at the Slow Food “School Food Revolution in Hopkins” this weekend with Braucher’s Italian Brats. Sunshine Harvest Farms and Sun Street Breads, together forever.

pastries

• Downtowners: I just made a few of these super wonder sugar-rolled cinnamon roll puffs last week, hopefully you all got hooked and will be coming back for more. Because I definitely will have more!
• Blackberry Cream Scones: I’ve got these really nice blackberries rolling around so they are going in the middle of these tender scones this week.
• Ginger Jumbles: soft molasses spice cookies with crystallized ginger.
• Domino Cookies: dark chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips (I got in a little trouble for not having these last week…).
• Biscuits: I landed on some kind of blue ribbon winner with last week’s incarnation, big cubes of cheddar cheese, little pieces of bacon and bits of caramelized onions. I’m going to be the proud owner of a full case of Pastureland butter on Friday so we’ll be set for many more weeks of biscuitry.

And for those of you wondering what’s going to happen when the market is over – don’t fret! We’ve got two full months ahead of us yet! We’re working on some plans to keep the fun going but don’t know a whole lot at this point. I’ll keep you posted if there’s news and please keep visiting us at the market – we really truly and deeply appreciate it!