Flour Girls Baking Co.

This lovely note arrived in my inbox yesterday!  A delicious treat for a baker to say the least! Thank you for taking the time to send this Pam, it means a lot to me, and I am thrilled that you were so pleased.  I hope to see you and your hubby again soon.

“We stopped by your shop late Saturday and bought your ginger-molasses cookies as a hostess gift when we met my son’s future in-laws. They were such a hit!!! Thanks for keeping the small bakery alive. We’re from Syracuse, NY and don’t have a shop like yours here. Sure wish we did! Any chance you’d share the recipe? (Molasses are my hubby’s favorite and he fell in love with your cookies! I’ve never found a recipe that makes as moist a cookie as yours.) Thanks again for your delicious treats! Regards~ Pam Mellor

Flour Girls Baking Co. now has its own channel on YouTube.  I am deeply grateful to Melissa Sepulveda, (http://mojaphoto.com) for photographing my cookies!

MARION, MA —

Some might think starting a new business during a recession may not have the best outcome, but today’s entrepreneurs know that any success doesn’t come without risk and a lot of hard work. For baker Jill Houck of Marion those realities are as fresh as cookies out of the oven.

When Houck decided to start Flour Girls Baking Company in March of 2007 she had to overcome big obstacles, one of which was that she had no work space except her kitchen stove, and that wasn’t going to pass muster with practicality or the local board of health. The former Tabor Academy Spanish teacher and mother of two did some research and found a public kitchen to mix and bake her specialty cakes and cookies.

“I rent Dartmouth Grange,” Houck explained over a cup of Jim’s Organic Coffee, which she serves at the 4 Cottage St. bake shop she opened on Dec. 10. “It’s a shared-use kitchen and the hours are very flexible. It’s open 24 hours. Some times I go in at night or in the morning. You pay by the hour.”

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To order from Flour Girls Baking Co, call Jill at 508-241-2553 or send an email.

Thank you for this awesome note Kate! I am very grateful for your kind words and the positive feedback.

Hi Jill,

I’m writing to let you know that we recently tried you ginger molasses cookie and how delicious it was. It brought back many sweet memories for myself and my Mom. As my grandmother always made those. I wanted to check out your website  to find places that we could purchase your delicious treats. I found these at the Chateau in Norton.  Again, thank you for sharing something so incredibly delicious. And now I’m on the look out to find more of you!

Sincerely,

Kate

Call Jill Houck 508-241-2553, or email to order these cookies for you personal enjoyment or to have them shipped.

This note came in from Roxanne:

I meant to tell you, my husband and my moms boyfriend LOVED the peppermint patty cakes.

I’ll certainly keep those in mind for a future occasion!

Thank you Roxanne! I agree, the Peppermint Patty Sandwich Cookies are delicious,  I look forward to baking for you and your family again!

Call Jill Houck 508-241-2553, or email to order these cookies for you personal enjoyment or to have them shipped.

Flour Girls Baking Company

Specials for Valentine’s Day

2 heart shaped sugar cookies in a bag with a bow
$3.50

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
$2.50

Peppermint Patty Sandwich Cookies $2.50

Our regular menu of yummy treats is always available too!  Lemon Squares, Ginger Molasses Cookies, Shortbread Hearts, traditional Whoopie Pies, Brownies…the list goes on!

email or call 508.241.2553, local delivery always available.

Happy Valentine’s Day xoxo

For the remainder of December and into January Flour Girls Baking Company products will be available in their own shop in Marion! Visit us on Cottage Street, just behind Serendipity & across from the Marion Music Hall.

I was fooling around with a new pumpkin pie recipe this weekend for my new account, The Bay Club at Mattapoisett and this is how it turned out! It is a simple short crust (pate brisee), added some smashed up gingersnap cookies to the top of the crust then topped with a traditional pumpkin pie recipe. The autumn spices that filled my kitchen were outstanding!! Call now, 508-241-2553 or send me an email to place your Thanksgiving pie or dessert order. All orders delivered to your door on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (within a 20 mile delivery radius.)

This amazing dessert is a modern version of the traditional pecan or pumpkin pie served at holiday parties.  The presentation is outdone only by the incredible taste.   The crust is  so buttery and flaky it is a treat all its own!  The tart cranberries  are bursting with flavor, the perfect accompaniment to the crunchy almonds.   There is none of the goopy sticky sweet overwhelming feeling your teeth get from a store bought holiday pie – this is pure yum.

Contact Jill via email or phone, 508.241.2553 to order yours!

Check out the Gallery of Yum for other Flour Girls Baking Company’s Speciality Bakery items.