Cinnamon Rolls and Christmas Buying on Predominant Road

Angie Boehm by no means anticipated proudly owning a bakery. Particularly, she admits with fun, as a result of she will be able to’t eat gluten. Now, nevertheless, sitting within the heat foyer of Wheat Montana with the clattering of kitchen instruments and the aromas of espresso and cinnamon as a backdrop, Boehm appears like she’s been doing it her entire life.

Seven months in the past, Boehm and her daughter Aren, who had been working behind the counter at Wheat Montana, bought the bakery from its earlier house owners. Boehm is educated as a nurse and took a job on the bakery to study some new abilities, by no means considering it could change into her complete life. When the earlier house owners have been able to retire, nevertheless, and requested Boehm to take over, she stated issues simply fell into place. A couple of months and lots of of cinnamon rolls later, Boehm is now managing a group of bakers and baristas, connecting with native distributors, and this fall and winter, serving up a big selection of holiday-themed baked items and presents.

Wheat Montana in downtown Kalispell is one in every of 4 independently owned Wheat Montana bakeries, which supply their grains from the corporate’s farm in Three Forks. The high-quality flour and grains enable Boehm and her bakers to supply among the Flathead Valley’s freshest muffins, cookies and, the bakery’s most beloved merchandise, cinnamon rolls.

The bakery gives six sorts of cinnamon rolls day-after-day, which, this vacation season embrace a rotating “baker’s selection” line-up of caramel apple, cranberry orange and pumpkin cream cheese. With the intention to not let additional baked items go to waste, Boehm and her employees are additionally providing bread pudding this fall, made with the leftover cinnamon rolls.

Past the candy, Wheat Montana is a totally purposeful deli, serving soups, salads and sandwiches made on recent bread. In homage to Thanksgiving, the Wheat Montana group is providing a particular turkey cranberry soften, full with provolone cheese, crimson onion and cranberry sauce and served on sourdough. There’s additionally a turkey pesto sandwich on the menu made with dairy-free pesto, a nod to Boehm’s dairy-free daughter.

Certainly one of her favourite components of proudly owning the bakery has been connecting with native companies, lots of which are actually promoting their merchandise in Wheat Montana’s reward store, Boehm stated. The bakery’s cabinets are stocked with jams and jellies from Huckleberry Haven, kombucha from Darkish Facet Fermenters, Farmhouse Candle Firm candles and honey from Halle’s Honey, amongst different native and regional specialties. Boehm stated she is worked up to offer folks a chance to get some vacation buying executed whereas supporting companies in and across the Flathead.  

As snow continues to fall and Christmas lights enhance the valley, Angie and Aren, alongside their Wheat Montana group, will proceed cooking up seasonal baked items and serving breakfast and lunch from their Predominant Road storefront. Wheat Montana is open from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Monday by Friday and eight a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturdays.