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Aunt Millie’s Bakery Outlet

9 09 2008

5085 W. Grand River Ave.
Lansing, MI 48906
(517) 886-4227
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Aunt Millie's Bakery Outlet on Grand River in Lansing.

Aunt Millie’s Bakery Outlet was not our destination today when we started out. A few weeks ago, I did a post about Aunt Millie’s bread which I found at Kroger. In that post, I stated the only thing I didn’t like was the price, but that was before I found the bread at Horrocks. Frequent commentor Ang told me there was a Bakery Outlet on Grand River. When I did a Google search to find the store, another business popped up just a few blocks away. There wasn’t much info on it, but there was a place called Aunt Millie’s Deli Diner located at 6086 W. Grand River. I had J put Aunt Millie’s in her GPS to get there from Horrocks and again, a business called Aunt Millie’s Deli Diner showed up. When we got to the spot it claimed to be, there was nothing but empty land. I thought maybe the GPS was a little off and got East or West confused, so we kept driving. Our drive brought us to Aunt Millie’s Bakery Outlet, so we stopped in to see what it had to offer.

Aunt Millie’s Bakery Outlet isn’t fancy. It’s a small room attached to the administration offices. The store is stocked with all of Aunt Millie’s products. The shelves are nothing more than bread racks. Since we had just stopped at Horrocks, we didn’t really need any bread, but I wanted to look. We’ve been buying wheat pitas and making home made pita chips. We picked up two packages at Horrocks, but if they had them cheap here, I cold always use more. Read the rest of this entry »

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Aunt Millie’s Bakeries

13 08 2008

Lately, I’ve been doing a little label reading to see what I can cut out of my diet. Most of the calories and sugar I get are from Pepsi which is pretty much like crack to me. I’ve tried cutting down, but I get irritable when I’m craving one. Since I started dating my girlfriend, she’s been trying to get me to eat healthier bread. For the most part, I’d grab the store brand generic white bread that was $.99. It seemed like such a waste to spend $4 on bread.

I gave in a few times and tried some of the “healthier” bread that she wanted me to try and they all tasted like crap. They weren’t very dense and went stale pretty fast. It just wasn’t appetizing. Last week, I was at Kroger and I started reading labels. My goal was to find a loaf of bread that didn’t have high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) or enriched wheat. That proved to be a lot harder than I thought. Even the healthy stuff my girlfriend keeps trying to get me to buy has both.

As I was about to give up and just buy the cheap stuff, I picked up one final loaf. It was a brand I’ve never heard of, but right on top of the packaging, they were advertising the fact that their bread didn’t have HFCS. The brand? Aunt Millie’s.

Aunt Millie’s is a regional bakery based in Ft. Wayne, IN that serves five states in the Midwest including Michigan with four bakeries in Michigan (two in Coldwater, Jackson, Kalamazoo, and Plymouth). I picked up a loaf, but it was over $3. I figured this one time, I’d give it a try. I didn’t have high expectations because healthy bread usually didn’t taste good. Aunt Millie’s is an exception to that rule. I can’t tell any difference between this bread and the cheap bread I usually prefer. Still, $3.18 is a little high for bread….good thing I found it at Horrock’s for $1.80.

I’m sold now. Last time at Horrock’s, I picked up another loaf of wheat bread and a package of wheat buns…both made with out enriched wheat products or HFCS. I never thought I’d find a healthier bread that I liked, but I did. Aunt Millie makes just about every bread that I buy. Horrock’s also had Texas Toast (which I prefer for pulled pork), hot dog buns, and even potato bread. Not my thing, but it seems that’s the new craze.

Aunt Millie's Multi-Grain Wheat Bread

Aunt Millie’s Multi-Grain Wheat Bread

Zero Grams of Saturated Fat Per Serving

Zero Grams of Trans Fat Per Serving

No High Fructose Corn Syrup

Serving Size = 1 Slice

Calories – 60

Calories from Fat – 0

Sodium – 130mg – 5%

Aunt Millie's Hearth 100% Whole Wheat Buns

Aunt Millie’s Hearth 100% Whole Weat Hamburger Buns

Zero Grams Trans Fat Per Serving

No High Fructose Corn Syrup

Made With Whole Grain Flour

Serving Size = 1 Bun

Calories – 140

Calories from Fat – 15

Sodium 270mg – 11%