Hi Everyone!
I am Merle Lee Ann
Baker + Author
Let me share my experiences of baking and cooking with you through my online cooking classes and my newly released cook book, A Baker’s Dozen!
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I know very long name … how do you say it? The good news is that it is phonetically correct! Each word is pronounced just as it is spelled. So, it’s actually very simple, if you just take a minute and look at it! I live on an acreage between Birch Hills and St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Canada. I just love being in the country – the quietness and solitude of being in the country brings me a calm and peaceful feeling. Looking at the sun set in the west, the sun rise in the east and the greenness of grass and trees around me makes me feel grateful for where I live and what I have. I have loved baking since a young age and as time progressed enjoyed working with risen doughs immensely. The feeling of nice soft dough working beneath your hands just takes your mind off life. A great stress reliever. In my earlier years I ran a small restaurant in Birch Hills called the Mini-Munch; this was where I really developed a skill for breads, buns, and homemade soup.
Everyday there was a fresh batch of bread being baked by 7 am – and that smell would just entice people to come in and have a cup of coffee and a goodie. Sandwiches at lunch time on fresh baked bread was a big hit. From there I moved on to catering and my husband, Ralph and my 3 kids would help me with that as well. We catered small functions with good quality food. Eventually I started working full time and my baking skills were mainly for my own family. They always had a homemade bun in their lunch with homemade cookies, Butterhorns or Curry hamburger buns, plus many other delightful morsels to take. As time has passed, I decided I wanted to share my skill of baking with others; thus the website, the cookbook, “A Baker’s Dozen”, now available in hard copy or PDF. I love being able to share my recipes and my stories to all of you out there. If I had my way I would spend my days baking, gardening and tending to my flowers!
Recipes right to your inbox!
Once a month I will send out a new recipe or some tips on various cooking ideas or methods. What is the season, what should we be cooking?
Always a good joke or two as well.
Bake Bread With Me!
Do you wish you knew how to make just one loaf of bread? Gramma’s recipe has 20 cups of flour and 8 cups of liquid in it. How do I mix something like this up? I just want to make one loaf of bread. Then you have come to the right place. I have spent a lot of time coming up with just a one loaf recipe. Easy to mix, easy to handle and it lets you feel the dough and with practice you will be able to recognize when you have enough flour mixed into the dough. And the versatility of making a small dough recipe. Pizza, bread, fried bread (scones), buns, pizza buns, bread sticks, cinnamon sticks, the list goes on – use your imagination. And as you become better triple the recipe and make 3 loaves.
One Happy Baker:
“I have known Merle Lee Ann for my whole life, and when I saw that she was offering baking classes I was so excited to try them out! I got 3 of my girlfriends together and we went to Birch Hills for an afternoon of baking, wine and lots of laughs and visiting. We learned how to make buns and breadsticks. Before my grandma passed away she taught me many things in the kitchen, unfortunately learning to make buns was not one of them. When I discovered this opportunity I knew I had to jump on it! Merle Lee Ann showed us the processes, step by step, allowing each of us to take an active role. In the end, we came out with amazing buns and breadsticks! I still use this recipe today - and my husband still comments this was the best class I have ever taken! We will be back! What a fun day for a bunch of girlfriends to enjoy!”
— Regan Buckingham
Virtual Recorded “One Loaf Bread Baking Class”
$27.00
Includes: Lifetime Access to Basic Bread 1 Loaf
Merle Lee Ann’s EGuides:
Basic Bread 1 Loaf Recipe
Merle Lee Ann’s Bread Quick Tips
Ingredients at a Glance
Getting Started
Cost Savings in Bread Baking
The Real Wonders of Bread
Tweaking Printable Pages – 2 styles
What else do you get inside the virtual class?
Learn to Make and Bake Yeast-Risen Bread – Simple and Fun!
Learn to bake yeast-risen bread without fancy equipment, ingredients, or complicated instructions.
If you’d like to learn how to make a delicious and simple loaf of bread with your own hands, then this is the most exciting class you are going to take!
I’m going to show you the easiest way to make the most delicious bread in the comfort of your own kitchen.
If you are anything like me, you want the best, most efficient way to do anything.
Even if you have NO experience in the kitchen – as long as you’re willing to come with a sense of humor and can follow a few simple steps – then I promise I will show you how to bake the best loaf of bread you have ever made!
This is unlike any cooking lesson you may have taken before!
I have created a simple but effective virtual class so that you can learn how to make and bake bread today!
I will share all the tips and tricks I have learned in my +40 years of experience with you.
You will learn and you will laugh! One of my main philosophies in the kitchen is that we better be laughing and having fun!
And – when you sign up for Baking Bread 101 you will also get my EBook – The Real Wonders of Bread, where I share my favorite different ways to use my basic bread dough to create things like pizza crusts, cinnamon buns, and more!
In addition – because if you are like me, you want to come to class prepared. I’ll share my four EGuides: Merle Lee Ann’s Bread Quick Tips, Ingredients at a Glance, Cost Savings in Bread Baking, Getting Started and of course Tweaking Notes!
Even if you have two left thumbs in the kitchen – I promise with my help, you’ll be a bread-whiz kid in no time!
And – even though I know you’re going to love my class – I know there’s a lot of crap out there on the internet! And I am a quality control person! That’s why I am giving you my 100% risk free Merle Lee Ann’s Kitchen guarantee!
Now – for whatever reason, if you decide the course just isn’t what you were expecting – you’ll have 30 days for a full refund – no questions asked or BS!
My family knows that there is nothing better than the smell and taste of a loaf of fresh, perfectly baked bread straight from the oven. Even now, in this crazy world, it is one of the things we can all come together over and enjoy.
If you’re ready to learn with Merle Lee Ann’s Kitchen – to learn the best way to make a delicious loaf of bread and have some fun while at the same time, then let’s get started!
I can’t wait to see you in class in just a few minutes!
Individual or Zoom Classes Available
Group Zoom Session
Includes:
Merle Lee Ann’s EGuides
Ecopy of A Baker’s Dozen
1.5 – 2 hours of quality time with Merle Lee Ann
Open Question and Answer
Ingredient List – Be prepared for the class
Learn to Bake Bread with Your Friends without leaving Your Kitchen!
If you’d like to have a fun afternoon with your friends, learning an incredibly valuable skill then here it is!
We’re all looking for safe and fun things to do with our friends and family.
And we’re all looking to enjoy delicious and nutritious food without blowing our budget or spending our lives in the kitchen!
Groups of 4-7 people: $350
Email below to inquire.
Live Zoom one-on-one class with Merle Lee Ann
Includes:
1 : 1 Coaching
Merle Lee Ann’s EGuides
Ecopy of A Baker’s Dozen
1 – 1.5 hours of quality time with Merle Lee Ann
Open Question and Answer
Ingredient List – Be prepared for the class
If you are ready to MASTER your bread-baking skills, this is definitely the option for you.
We will work through my bread-baking curriculum, and I’ll offer you guidance and instruction based on your needs.
I will personalize the class just for you, so that you feel confident and competent to create bread and other bread-based food from now on.
If you want high quality and affordable, personalized one-to-one instruction – you’ve come to the right place.
Or – maybe your friends are all duds and don’t want to do the group experience with you!
No worries – I guarantee you and I are going to have a great time together, and you’ll be able to impress your friends with your bread baking skills.
$127 / person
Email below to inquire.
Order my book! A Baker’s Dozen
Why a Baker’s Dozen? Well, when I researched the meaning of a baker’s dozen here is what I found. A baker's dozen is thirteen of something. ... In fact, baking is the origin of baker's dozen — since the sixteenth century, the term has been used to talk about the longstanding custom of bakers adding an extra loaf or muffin or bagel to a customer's order of a dozen.
And my book has 13 recipes with 13 stories. And the lucky 13 story is a good read with an exceptionally good laugh. And as we know laughter is the gift of life. This cookbook was created to bring great recipes to your kitchen and laughter as well. Even today as I am baking loaves of bread to sell to my neighbours I always make sure they get the full 650 gram loaf of bread, maybe some muffins if I have baked them that morning. The little bit of extra dough that makes a small loaf. A sample of fresh homemade jam. Something. A “baker’s dozen” is a great term. And generally in life – go the extra mile, make somebody’s day a little extra special, just be nice, we are all equal – be kind!
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The Reviews Are In!
“I love this book! Everyone should have one!!”
— Stephanie K
“Well, I read the whole book and enjoyed it very much. Stories were great and Recipes sounded good. I can’t wait to “get at er”. I will let you know how my bread turns out for starters!”
— Patti N
“Just finished reading it and it left me wanting more. Lots of chuckles and some really good cooking advice. Great job MLA!
Once again, you’ve successfully accomplished another life goal. I look forward to volume 2!”
— Shelley G
“The stories, recipes and tips are great, Merle Lee Ann Pratt! I enjoyed reading it, even John read some of the stories!!”
— Pam G
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Small Event Catering
Tired of a plate of cold cuts and cheese? Salads from a plastic container? Frozen foods to warm up from a tinfoil dish? Then look no further - Merle Lee Ann’s Kitchen is here to bring you a delicious home cooked meal to enjoy with your family and friends. Whether it is a weekend get together, a celebration of life, a wedding, or a staff function, Merle Lee Ann is here to help you plan it and make it happen.
Basic, simple, and delicious. Let Merle Lee Ann make it happen! Her speciality is a small event – 20 - 35 people. (As we know rules were made to be broken so a number can be changed!)
A smaller gathering is what I specialize in. Let me bring these wonderful smells and foods to your home or choice location.
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Hi. What’s baking in your kitchen today? Let me know if I can help you out, share some tips or give you my sort of professional opinion – basically my experience. I may not be a chef, but I know how to make food taste good. Let me know what’s on your mind and let’s work together to resolve it. Remember: “I’d rather be Baking!”