The Perfect Weekend.....
Learn Bread Baking, Enjoy Great Food, Relax With Good Company
Breads
PIZZA CIABATTA FOCCACIA BAGELS SOURDOUGH MULTIGRAIN HONEY WHEAT RYE GLUTEN-FREE BREAD RAISIN WALNUT SPELT WHOLE SEED WHOLE GRAIN OLIVE ROSEMARY CHEESE BRIOCHE CHALLAH SOFT PRETZELS DINNER ROLLS |
Learn To Bake
This is YOUR weekend to relax with friends at a custom Hains House 3-Day Weekend Retreat! Browse our list of Breads and Pastries. Pick out your favorite 6 items and learn how to make these delicious baked goods. If you don't see an item on our lists, just let us know and we will be happy to teach you during your retreat. Or if you prefer to have an entire weekend of gluten-free offerings, we can teach you how to make a variety of baked goods with no gluten. There's more... Have you ever wondered about those wood-fired ovens? Now is your chance to taste wood-fired pizza and bake loaves in our outdoor Italian Mugnani wood-fired oven! |
Pastries
DANISH CINNAMON ROLLS CHOCOLATE CHERRY ROLLS STRUDEL BLUEBERRY SCONES KOLACHE NUT ROLL BEAR CLAW APPLE TURNOVER POPPY SEED ROLL STOLLEN ALMOND CROISSANT HOMEMADE PIE BEIGNETS CRANBERRY COFFEE CAKE PECAN CHOCOLATE CHIP SWEET ROLLS BAKLAVA LEMON FILLED MACAROONS |
Weekend Retreat Booking:
LODGING
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The HAINS HOUSE has three large bedrooms upstairs and one cozy bedroom on the main floor. Bath with shower upstairs; full bath with claw foot tub on the main floor. All rooms have hardwood floors and individual heating units. Email us: info@hainshouse.com for more information. |
BOOKING A RETREAT
We can host a group of up to 6 guests at a weekend retreat. Lodging, food, lessons and recipes are included in the cost of the weekend retreat. Massages are optional at an additional cost.
You can check our available dates on our calendar below.
COST: $350 per person
OPTIONAL MASSAGE: $60 per person
Submit a Weekend Retreat Request Form, selecting 6 Breads/Pastries your group would like to learn during the retreat. You can mix and match, or decide to only bake breads, or succumb to baking only sweet stuff! This is YOUR Weekend Retreat to enjoy as you please!
Use the COMMENTS section if you would like to substitute breads or pastries not on our list, please include their names. Or if you prefer an entire gluten-free weekend, just let us know.
Is anyone interested in receiving an optional 60-minute Relax-Massage at Hains House while you are on retreat? Wrapped in hot towels, breathing in the essence of warm oils, each limb will be re-energized! Just tell us in the COMMENTS section how many people in your group would like a massage during your 3-Day Weekend Retreat.
In the COMMENTS section, please include the names and email addresses of everyone joining you on your Weekend Retreat. And be sure to give us the 3-Day Weekend Retreat Dates you would like to book!
If you would like to be contacted via telephone, please include a Contact Phone Number.
Once your Weekend Retreat is confirmed, you will be able to go to http://www.airbnb.com to book your lodging at The Artisan Bread Farm House, Olympia, WA.
Pat Hains will respond to your Weekend Retreat Request faster than you can say "foccacia"! Alright, maybe not that quickly, but within 24 hours.