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Baking With Nana - a workshop for the littles!

$25.00

Saturday, April 25, 2026

2-4:30 p.m.

On-farm and in-person!

BAKING WITH NANA - a workshop for the littles!

“Turn and fold and push.”

That’s what I taught MY daughter when she was learning to knead our daily bread! “Turn and fold and push. Turn and fold and push.”

Imagine the CONFIDENCE it gives a child when he or she can bake bread for the family! Baking is often the starting point of a lifetime of success in the kitchen.

So bring your littles - your own kiddoes, your nieces & nephews, your grandkids - for an afternoon of Baking With Nana! They’ll mix, knead, and bake their own loaves of bread to take home to their families.

And since there will be “down time” as the dough rests and rises, there just MIGHT be a trek out to the brooder to see a springtime batch of baby chicks!

Make plans to stay for the event! Sure, this is “Baking with Nana,” (that’s me, Jen!), but they’re really making memories & building skills with YOU. You know the saying… ”Unattended children will be given coffee and sent home with a new puppy!”

Join me in my homestead kitchen (Awww…doesn’t that sound cute? It’s just a plain kitchen, I assure you!) as we explore and relearn lost skills…the skills my mom taught me…the skills Grandma Mary taught her…the skills Aunt Mary taught her…

 Join me, Nana, as we bake, we chat, and I teach.

Space is limited, so there are only 9 tickets available.

Tickets are non-refundable but may be transferred to someone else. Obviously, if WE cancel for any reason, we will refund the price of your ticket.

Saturday, April 25, 2026

2-4:30 p.m.

On-farm and in-person!

BAKING WITH NANA - a workshop for the littles!

“Turn and fold and push.”

That’s what I taught MY daughter when she was learning to knead our daily bread! “Turn and fold and push. Turn and fold and push.”

Imagine the CONFIDENCE it gives a child when he or she can bake bread for the family! Baking is often the starting point of a lifetime of success in the kitchen.

So bring your littles - your own kiddoes, your nieces & nephews, your grandkids - for an afternoon of Baking With Nana! They’ll mix, knead, and bake their own loaves of bread to take home to their families.

And since there will be “down time” as the dough rests and rises, there just MIGHT be a trek out to the brooder to see a springtime batch of baby chicks!

Make plans to stay for the event! Sure, this is “Baking with Nana,” (that’s me, Jen!), but they’re really making memories & building skills with YOU. You know the saying… ”Unattended children will be given coffee and sent home with a new puppy!”

Join me in my homestead kitchen (Awww…doesn’t that sound cute? It’s just a plain kitchen, I assure you!) as we explore and relearn lost skills…the skills my mom taught me…the skills Grandma Mary taught her…the skills Aunt Mary taught her…

 Join me, Nana, as we bake, we chat, and I teach.

Space is limited, so there are only 9 tickets available.

Tickets are non-refundable but may be transferred to someone else. Obviously, if WE cancel for any reason, we will refund the price of your ticket.

Homestead Where Life Finds You (Classes with Jen)

In our increasingly disconnected and chaotic world, the call for a return to our roots rings ever louder. Join me (Jen) in my homestead kitchen as we rediscover the skills our great-grandparents took for granted. There is little in life more satisfying than pulling a loaf - or four - of freshly-made sourdough bread or fragrant rosemary croissants out of the oven, or seeing your pantry filling with jars of your own home-canned jams, sauces, tomatoes…and even meats or heat-and-eat meals!

The truth is that most of DON’T have a “back 40.” Hey, I call myself a homesteader, yet I’ve “only” got 12 acres, and we really only “farm” on 3 of them. What’s more, I started canning, fermenting, and baking back when I lived on a little city lot in Fraser. One of my friends blows my mind with how much she grows, composts, forages, ferments, cans…all on a city lot on the outskirts of Detroit! When I hear her talk, I’m reminded of the woman in the Bible of whom our Lord said, “She hath done what she could.” We could ALL do more with what we have NOW, where we live NOW.

So don’t let where you are right now hold you back. Once you start diving in, you’ll be surprised at how much you can accomplish.

Stay tuned for announcements of more upcoming classes! Things like…

  • Homemade Yeasted Bread Baking

  • SOURDOUGH Bread Baking

  • Yogurt and Butter Making (No raw milk required!)

  • Cheese Making

  • Canning without a Pressure Canner! (Think fruits and jams.)

  • Canning with a Pressure Canner (It’s not as scary as you think.) Learn to fill your pantry shelves with YOUR OWN “pre-packaged” meals!

  • Fermenting (A terrific way to put up a little of this, a little of that…it’s how folks “canned” before canning was a thing. And, oh, the gut-health benefits!)

  • Bone Broth