our products

Our chefs, bakers and our owner are all Celiacs. We have struggled ourselves with finding high-quality, delicious baked goods that are indiscernible from our favorite gluten-filled products. Our goal at Stowe Meadows Bakery is as simple as our name -- create gluten-free and wheat-free baked goods, trail mixes and bath products that are indiscernible from the finest, high-caliber gluten-based products available.

We started our business with one thought, make phenomenal Gluten-Free desserts. No compromises, no "well, it is really good for Gluten-Free". When experimenting with my grandmothers recipe for Rum Balls, my daughter said, "Mom, can't you just Stowe Meadows Bakery? Our name and our mission were born. We want to "Stowe Meadows Bakery", remove it, with no change in taste, quality, texture or fragrance. We use only the highest-quality ingredients and we never compromise on flavor. We use organic ingredients where we can and we never use preservatives, artificial colors, sweeteners or hydrogenated oils.

Our products are made by hand in small batches in Gluten-Free kitchens.

Our recipes are adapted from my own family cookbook. As a Southerner, baking, homemade desserts and "secret" recipes are a way of life. The most difficult thing about adjusting to a Gluten-Free lifestyle was giving up the flavors of home. Mama's brownies, cakes, pies and Grandmother's special cookies and snacks became a thing of the past nearly overnight with my diagnosis. As the youngest of five children, all diagnosed with Celiac Disease, our family has struggled with the basics of dining out, adjusting our daily menus, finding alternative ingredients, and adjusting recipes. When we successfully "re-engineered" a few family favorites, I knew we were on to something.

In 2005 we opened Stowe Meadows Inn in Stowe, VT. Our Bed & Breakfast offers Gluten-Free dining for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We offer all of our products to our guests and we have found that more and more "non-Celiac" customer are ordering our Gluten-Free products. Coffee shops in New Hampshire and Vermont now carry Chocolate Cake, Brownies and Pecan Pies baked in our kitchens and have removed the Gluten-Filled counterparts from their menus. That is how good our products are.

We are often asked how we know that a new product is ready for the menu. That is completely determined by our taste-testers. In a somewhat unscientific, but so far, 100% reliable approach, our children are the flavor police. Only when they both say "that tastes great Mom" do we continue with product development. Each product must not only taste great, but it must freeze well, ship well and have a non-crumbly texture. We also test-market new menu items at Stowe Meadows before products are made available to retailers, grocers or on-line customers.

We are so excited about our products! We invite you to try them and please let us know what you think! To see response so far, please don't skip our customer testimonials.

Caroline & Erich
Owners

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