Crooked Tree Breadworks was founded in 1996 to provide Petoskey, Harbor Springs, and the Little Traverse Bay area of northern Michigan with delicious, unique bakery products. Everything we make, from chewy sourdough bread to European style pastries to addictive granola, reflects our commitment to quality.
Fresh bread shaped by hand with only the highest quality flours and well water.
Crostini, Orange Balsamic Pecans, Curried Pistachios, Spicy Glazed Almonds
Lots of toasted nuts, dried cherries, Red Flame raisins, local maple syrup and local honey
Crooked Tree Breadworks founder Greg Carpenter decided to create a loaf of bread starting from seed. With the help of local farmer Jonathan Scheel and Scheel Family Farm, Crooked Tree Breadworks was able to grow a small crop of our own Hard Red Winter Wheat.
This is an unapologetically elemental 100% Whole Wheat loaf made from nothing but our winter wheat, well water and a pinch of salt. It is leavened with the sourdough culture that we have nurtured on the shore of Little Traverse Bay since we opened in 1996. It would be hard to find a loaf that is more authentically local!
We mill the flour fresh for every batch, preserving it’s sweetness. This loaf is what wheat is all about.
(As published in the Bread Baker’s Guild of America’s journal, Bread Lines, Volume 24, Issue 2) Long time bakers know that being an artisan baker is not always fun and exciting. When I start noticing signs of burnout in myself I look for new perspectives on......
This recipe for a hearty loaf takes advantage of all of master baker Greg Carpenter’s bread-baking tips....
Maureen Abood’s story ran in the October 2015 issue of Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine....
