GreAt baking

Great baking starts with the best ingredients.  Chef Mark's baked goods are created with all natural ingredients like butter, cream, eggs, real vanilla, fresh fruit, locally sourced herbs, and high quality flour.  All of the recipes have been lovingly refined to ensure only the best product is produced for your family or event.
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Mark Bridge performing Historical Notes. More than likely, he ate one of his doughnuts or a chocolate croissant after the show.

Mark Bridge, also known as Cookie, is Escoffier trained, a state registered Cottage Baker as well as a certified food manager. Mark has extensive experience in the restaurant industry, including Perkins Restaurants and Bakeries. Baking has been a lifelong passion (especially the consuming part). A current project has Mark acting as baker for the National Park Service, Grant - Kohrs Ranch National Historical Site to contemporize the handwritten recipes of Augusta Kohrs.  He even serves as an instructor and provides classes in artisan bread, baking, sourdough and Dutch oven baking.  He enjoys baking competitions and his pies, and other treats are regular award winners. 
You may have seen him talking about chuck wagon history on the television show Common Ground or preparing a Dutch oven meal on Chef In The House.  As a Legacy Artist he tours and performs Victorian music with his Historical Notes program. Mark is also an antique dealer and specializes in culinary antiques. If you are curious to learn a little more, visit here for a recent interview about some of his projects.
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A pie baking contest now and then can be fun and an opportunity to try out new recipes.  Pies have been entered in both double and single crust categories with the following results from the last six competitions.
1st place for double crust - Rhubarb Strawberry Pie
1st place for double crust - Caramel Apple Pie
1st place for double crust - Country Peach Pie
1st place for double crust - Bumble Berry Pie
​1st place for single crust - Banana Cream Pie
1st place for single crust - Bakewell Tart
1st place for cream/custard - Fresh Blueberry Creme Tarte
​2nd place for double crust - Apple Raisin Pie
2nd place for single crust - Tarte au Fruit
2nd place for cream/custard - Ambassador Black Bottom Pie
The county fair can be fun too with Open Class entries garnering a Grand Champion win for Swedish Limp Rye 
Bread, and 1st and 2nd place ribbons for Espresso White Chocolate Chip Cookies, Bread and Butter Pickles, Sourdough Bread, Gluten Free Brownies, Strawberry Jam, Whole Wheat Buns.
Visit the Offerings page for more product information. To order or make an inquiry use the contact form or use Le Market. Simply state your desired goodies and when you need them along with your contact information (phone #) and I'll get right back to you ASAP. If you live in the Park Rapids area orders can be delivered or picked up at a time of your convenience.
The Cottage Baker - Uncommonly Good Baking
Custom baking for the Park Rapids, MN area.
610 Gilbert Avenue South, Park Rapids, MN 56470
218-732-3123
Cottage Food Producer Registration #20168674
Cottage Baking - These items are homemade and not subject to state inspection.