DarnGoodBread.com operate a Great Harvest Bread Co. in Herndon & Vienna, VA
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Welcome to our Neighborhood Whole Wheat Bakery!
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We start from scratch, every morning. Unlike a lot of bakery products out there, we NEVER “add water” to a mix or “bake off” frozen product that came in on a truck, etc. (yuck!)
Nothing influences our bread quality more than wheat. High quality wheat is so important to us that we have our very own Wheat Specialist (yep, it’s a “she”!) whose job is to research and select wheat for our breads. Farmers send Bonnie a lot of wheat samples - about 50 bags a year. She tests each bag by baking loaves from each, turning down the bags which aren't up to her standards (usually 30-40%). Bonnie has YEARS of experience with wheat and baking Great Harvest bread, has a good eye, and good taste buds too, checking carefully at the way the wheat bakes - does it bake evenly? is it moist? does it have a slightly sweet, nutty taste? She's looking for wheat that bakes well, has extraordinary taste, has the most protein,
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