First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to my readers in America! I shall be celebrating the day as it is my favourite 'holiday' with its build-up to the season, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, good food, and family. Typing of good food with an autumn theme, I've decided to post about one of my best recent foodie discoveries in London. It is a small bakery known simply as Knead. Knead are located at Broadway Market's School Yard Market on Saturdays. They sell a range of baked goods, spreads, warmed crumpets and warmed English muffins. A perfect treat is to head over to visit them and have a warmed treat while browsing the market. So far, I have made two trips to see them.
Knead sell toasted English muffins and different flavours of crumpets. When I visited, two of the flavours of crumpets were cinnamon and pumpkin. I love both flavours. Muffins and crumpets can be bought to take away or warmed up and smothered with the spread of your choice. Spreads include different flavours of curd, peanut butters (chocolate, caramel, or plain), and maple buttercream. The maple spread was absolutely delicious with the pumpkin crumpet. I had the chocolate peanut butter on the other crumpet, and it was very good but I lost the subtle taste of cinnamon with the peanut spread. I also sampled the English muffin with lime and coconut curd, and it was also tasty.
I spoke briefly with the two ladies who were selling the products, and they informed me that all baked items are made fresh to sell the day before. Of course, this makes for busy days baking and then selling.
On my second visit, I discovered the little pies for sale. I was told all of the different flavours, but I cannot remember what they all were now. I was interested in the pumpkin pie as I love pumpkin, but it's not really used a lot in baking in England. I also read an article after my first visit that Knead make one of London's nicest pumpkin pies, so I was happy to see miniature pumpkin pies available to buy on my second visit. I bought one and I can vouch for it as it was delicious and I wished that I had bought another one.
I was also given a sample of their pecan pie, which my mother would have loved. The pecan pie tasted delicious, though it's never been my favouirte type of pie. My mother is partial to them, though! I was told that the pecan pie is made with pecans (of course), chocolate and Bourbon. It was delicious, and it didn't taste 'alcoholic' at all with the Bourbon.
Last but not least, Knead sell their popular peanut butters and curds at their stall. I bought the dark chocolate peanut butter, and I was informed that it was a best-seller.
Knead are a regular on Saturdays at Schoolyard Market (Broadway Market). They also sell to Selfridges and other cafes from time-to-time. The best way to see where they are selling is to look at their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/KneadBaking or Twitter here: https://twitter.com/knead_baking
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