M.H. Bread & Butter is a small artisan bakery and cafe located up in San Anselmo. I haven't ever been there, and I don't think you can find their goods anywhere in San Francisco, although they do distribute to a few places around Marin.
I had never heard of M.H. Bread & Butter until I attended an event, and someone brought a few of their baked goods. Never one to turn down a baked good, I tried them out, even though I had no expectations. I was impressed with everything I had, and later found out the owner is a former baker from Tartine, which makes total sense to me, the croissants were very similar.
If I ever find myself up in San Anselmo, I'll be sure to check them out!
The croissant was a textbook croissant. And I don't mean that as an insult. The exterior was shiny, flaky, and crisp. The inside, layered and moist. It was insanely buttery.
I had never heard of M.H. Bread & Butter until I attended an event, and someone brought a few of their baked goods. Never one to turn down a baked good, I tried them out, even though I had no expectations. I was impressed with everything I had, and later found out the owner is a former baker from Tartine, which makes total sense to me, the croissants were very similar.
If I ever find myself up in San Anselmo, I'll be sure to check them out!
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| Croissant. $3.25. |
Plain croissants are rarely something I want. Almond or chocolate croissants make sense to me. As do savory ham and cheese versions. To me, a plain croissant is useful only as a building block for something bigger: fried egg and cheese on a plain croissant? Sure! Use it instead of sliced bread for a lunchtime sandwich? Again, no problem. Use it to make bread pudding? Oh, yes please! But just a plain croissant? Meh.
But this was a very good version of something I'm not all that excited by. And once I added some jam to it, I was perfectly happy.
I didn't take a photo of the banana date walnut bread, mostly because I thought I'd just try a bite and move on. I'm not really one for breakfast breads, particularly banana bread. Perhaps every once in a while I like a slice of thick banana bread, toasted, and slathered with cream cheese. But generally just not something I'm excited about.
An event I was at had slices of this out, and it wasn't labelled, so I didn't even know what it was, besides that it was a thick slice of a breakfast quick bread. It seemed like a banana bread base, although I didn't really taste much banana. It was very, very moist. It was absolutely loaded up with walnuts, which gave it a great crunch. The entire thing was sweet though, with a complex sweetness that I think may have come from dates (indeed, I contacted the bakery later and found out there were dates). And the very top had some kind of gooey goodness. I know, not the best description, and I really wish I'd taken a photo!
I really liked it, particularly with a cup of coffee. Like I said, I'm not one for coffee cakes or quickbreads, but this worked very, very well.
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Banana Date Walnut Bread. $3.
I didn't take a photo of the banana date walnut bread, mostly because I thought I'd just try a bite and move on. I'm not really one for breakfast breads, particularly banana bread. Perhaps every once in a while I like a slice of thick banana bread, toasted, and slathered with cream cheese. But generally just not something I'm excited about.
An event I was at had slices of this out, and it wasn't labelled, so I didn't even know what it was, besides that it was a thick slice of a breakfast quick bread. It seemed like a banana bread base, although I didn't really taste much banana. It was very, very moist. It was absolutely loaded up with walnuts, which gave it a great crunch. The entire thing was sweet though, with a complex sweetness that I think may have come from dates (indeed, I contacted the bakery later and found out there were dates). And the very top had some kind of gooey goodness. I know, not the best description, and I really wish I'd taken a photo!
I really liked it, particularly with a cup of coffee. Like I said, I'm not one for coffee cakes or quickbreads, but this worked very, very well.
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