O'Brien has quietly opened The Bread Shed by Seasonal Pantry in a small wooden shed that sits in front of his house on High ...

Pour into two small bread loaf pans (about 7-1/8 x 3-7/8 inches) or one regular standard size loaf pan ( 8 ½ inches x 4 ½ inches). Bake at 350-degrees for 50-60 minutes for the standard size pan ...

He’s started small, baking about 18 loaves per week, but with the installation of a new masonry oven in his kitchen, he’ll double his capacity next month and is poised to grow as word spreads.

Then, per Garten's instructions, we cut the bread halves along a score to fit four pieces on a sheet pan and threw them into the oven, which was set at 450 degrees Fahrenheit.

These are big treats, basically the size of a small child’s head, Eldred said. Every two-pound loaf of bread is $8 a pop, while cinnamon rolls are $5 and sticky buns are $6.

They quickly outgrew a small baking production facility in Norridge, leading to their purchase and rehabilitation of the 31,000-square-foot factory that opened in recent weeks in Elk Grove Village ...