The Bread Barn Field Guide · Indianapolis, Indiana
Real bread deserves a little explanation.
A generous guide to sourdough, cinnamon rolls, cookies, and the people who make market weekends worth waking up for.
The next bake is taking shape
Preorder before the oven schedule closes.
Ordering closes Wednesday, August 12 at 8:00 PM ET for Market Weekend, August 15–August 16.
Real Bread.
·Real Ingredients.
·Real Hospitality.
Field notes No. 001—003
Start with what you’re craving.
Useful answers, honest opinions, and a direct route to the weekend’s bake.
Sourdough, understood.
From the soft crumb of a sandwich loaf to the character of a long-fermented rustic boule.
Open the guide →02The cinnamon roll issue.
Twists, icing, reheating, and the gloriously oversized rolls that made market mornings sweeter.
Open the guide →03A field guide to cookies.
Big bakery cookies, better texture, and a highly opinionated tour of chocolate combinations.
Open the guide →The usual bake · Selection rotates
The names our regulars know.
Market Weekend menus change with the season and the bake, but these are the breads and treats most often found at The Bread Barn. The live preorder menu always has the final word.
See this Market Weekend’s menu →Everyday loaves
- Rustic Sourdough
- Sourdough Sandwich
- Farmhouse Sandwich
- Rustic & Encrusted Garlic & Italian Sourdough
Market favorites
- Classic Twisted Cinnamon Rolls · Pans of 9 or 12
- Premium Single-Serve Cinnamon Rolls · Walk-up
- Triple Chip Cookies
- Dinner Rolls
- Blueberry Farmhouse
Rotating specialties
- Rustic Blueberry Lemon Sourdough
- Jalapeño Cheddar Sourdough
- Bacon Cheddar Sourdough
- Cinnamon Raisin Sourdough
A roadside bakery with a rhythm of its own
Not open every day.
Worth planning for.
The Bread Barn opens on the first and third weekends of each month. That unusual schedule is part of the story: the dough gets our attention, every preorder gets a place in the bake, and pickup still feels personal.
Read the Bread Barn story →A real place · Franklin Township
Follow the white fence to something wonderful.
Small-batch baking, family hospitality, and a little white barn customers return to on the first and third weekends.
Keep the good loaf good
Bread care, without the folklore.
Storage, freezing, refreshing, reheating—practical advice for getting every good bite from your bake.
Visit the bread-care libraryThe Barn Journal
Questions worth answering. Stories worth keeping.
Start with eight useful guides to fresh bread, sourdough starter, cinnamon rolls, storage, preordering, and your first Market Weekend.
Read the JournalThe Bread Barn near you
One real bakery for the southeast side.
Local guides for Franklin Township, Greenwood, New Palestine, Southport, and Beech Grove—each leading to the same little white barn.
questions
The interactive edition
There is a loaf with your name on it.
Lunchbox, dinner table, or unapologetic treat? We’ll make the introduction.
Customer field notes
The search is over.
Real words from customers who found their way to the barn—and came back.
Ready for the real thing?
Your next market morning starts here.
Preorder for guaranteed pickup, then visit us in Franklin Township on the next first or third weekend.
Preorder at TheHealeyFarm.comOrdering and payment are securely completed on The Healey Farm’s Wix store.