Bear Ridge Baking Co

08/17/2026

Moist, tender banana bread swirled with warm cinnamon and brown sugar, topped with a buttery coffee cake crumble. The best part? Homemade spiced vanilla paste 🤤

08/13/2026

Super excited to start offering *Bear Bites* 🐻💙

Cookies can be made:
Mini size
Medium size
Large size

Flavors:
Chocolate Chip Dipped
Dark Chocolate Chip Dipped
Cookies and Cream
Biscoff White Chocolate Chip
S’mores
+ more!

08/11/2026

Restocked at Wylie Urban Farm & Market!!! Added some new spices to check out and try out 🤗 WUFM is one of the coolest places in Wylie to check out. Tons of super great finds!!

08/10/2026

I have been working on something exciting lately 🤗 can’t wait to share more soon!

08/06/2026

Super excited to be at Chisholm Country Store! They have the sweetest owners/workers and the store is so cute! They are redoing some things inside the store so make sure to go and stop by to check them out! 🤗

08/04/2026

LONG read but IMPORTANT! I have been making homemade vanilla extract and paste for myself for 4+ years and using it in my baked goods. Homemade vanilla extract truly needs a whole YEAR to….extract! I had to start my homemade vanilla extract a year before I officially started my business to have supply available. I invested in myself and prayed that people would be interested in homemade vanilla. I truly am small batch because when I sell out of vanilla extract, that’s it! It’s gone until the next batch is finished. I can’t rush time. I start a specific number of ounces of extract about every two months so that I can have some available. However, I didn’t know how much extract at once I should be making. I have since upped the amount of ounces each month to have a larger supply but again, it’s going to take time until it’s finished.

So, the below photos are to hopefully show a visual process of the extraction. The dark colored bottles is all the yummy vanilla goodness and the lighter colored bottles that are see through are not even close to being done. The dark extract bottles are true pure vanilla extract while the light colored see through bottles are still only vanilla flavored vodka. If someone is trying to sell you vanilla that looks like that, they are not extracting their vanilla long enough and you would be purchasing vanilla flavored vodka instead of pure vanilla extract. This may not be interesting to most, but I just want you all to understand why a lot of my vanilla extract is not regularly stocked in the stores or disappears off the shelves quickly and does not make a quick return.

NOTE: This isn’t even all of my vanilla stash that I have extracting as well. I have an extra 200+oz on top of this photo currently extracting as well because I believe homemade tastes BETTER. Stores typically sell vanilla extract with added water and it’s not needed and dilutes the vanilla flavor!

My homemade vanilla paste is GREAT to use while waiting for homemade extract and for some desserts, it’s even better! Paste is used at a 1:1 ratio extract:paste.

If possible, please share so that others may learn and understand a little bit more about vanilla extract and why my business means so much to me💙 Thank you so much for all of your support!

08/04/2026

My children love taking classes at Forney Arts Council!!

Art is life reflected back at us. We are all contributors. Please join us in our quest and patronage

08/03/2026

Looking forward to this 🥰

08/01/2026

NEW seasoning packets to go along with our popular Tuscan Spice Seasoning!
☀️Now available:
Taco Seasoning
Ranch Seasoning
BBQ Seasoning
Fajita Seasoning
Tuscan Spice Seasoning

07/31/2026

Go get some amazing creamy ice cream from RuthiRocks Small Batch Ice Cream located in Piefalootin and pair it with a slice of delicious pie! Try the vanilla bean ice cream flavor made with Bear Ridge Baking Co spiced vanilla bean paste! 🤗