The Battle of the Baked Goods
Gabby Golden, a home baker from Dyersville, Iowa, has turned her baking hobby into a profitable business. She sells around 60 loaves of bread and up to a thousand cookies weekly from her home. This venture has not only supplemented her family's income but also allowed her to achieve personal financial goals.
- ▪Gabby Golden started her home baking business in 2023 to help support her family.
- ▪She sells her baked goods from her home and has become quite successful, earning as much as a local elementary school teacher.
- ▪Golden's business has funded family trips and significant expenses, totaling around $7,000.
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| Publication time | Wed, 20 May 2026 19:26:25 GMT |
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The Battle of the Baked GoodsEach week, Gabby Golden sells about 60 loaves of bread, and between 600 and a thousand cookies, from her kitchen in Dyersville, Iowa. (Margaret Kispert for The Free Press) Across America, small-town moms are making extra dough by selling their bread—and the laws that restrict them are being loosened. Bakeries hate it—and so do public health officials.By Suzy Weiss05.20.26 — Culture and IdeasFOLLOW COLUMN --:----:--Upgrade to Listen5 minsProduced by ElevenLabs using AI narrationHave you ever tasted a homemade cookie, or a slice of cake, and told the person who made it, “This is so good, you could sell it”? Today, many Americans are taking the compliment seriously. And they’re making a killing.Gabby Golden lives in Dyersville, Iowa (population: 4,500).
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