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The Midway Bakery creates cookies, pies, scones and more from scratch with real butter and natural ingredients using traditional recipes. Our flours come from Weisenberger Mill down the road; most of the corn and wheat is raised right here in Kentucky. Our chocolate comes from Ruth Hunt Candies in Mount Sterling.
Cookies, Brownies and More!
Sweet Corn Cookie- magically taste like buttery corn on the cob, thanks to a healthy helping of Weisenberger Mill cornmeal from just down the road.
Rona’s Sorghum Crinkle Cookie -An old family recipe from local cookbook author Rona Roberts and her mother, made with Country Rock sorghum, boiled down every autumn by Randal Rock on his Woodford County farm.
Woodford Cookie- Cocoa oatmeal cookie studded with cranberries, pecans and chocolate chips.
Oatmeal Raisin
Chocolate Chip
Peanut Butter
Ginger Gem
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Lemon Bars -with lemon juice and zest and a rich, buttery crust
Extra Fudgy Brownie- Dense and rich, topped with chocolate ganache (a k a Danger Brownie).
Seven Layer Bar Graham cracker crust with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut & pecans
Peanut Butter Bliss Bar
Gluten Free Brownie *
Country Ham, Chive and Cheddar Scones
The Betty Ann Scone- Slightly sweet with apricots, dried cranberries and white chocolate
Cinnamon Swirl Scone
Blueberry Muffin
Sweet Potato Streusel Muffin
Cinnamon Roll with Icing
Breads
Sourdough
Sandwich Bread
Dinner Rolls
Mini Buttermilk Biscuits
Real Griddle-cooked English Muffins (gluten free* & regular)
*Gluten-free Items ------ In place of refined wheat flour, we use a mixture of sorghum flour, tapioca starch, garbanzo flour, potato starch and white fava bean flour for these delicious goodies. Gluten free bread is used by some locations, call your favorite restaurant for availability.
Old Fashioned pies
Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Our version of an old Kentucky favorite: decadent dark chocolate filling spiked with bourbon and stuffed with Kentucky pecans.
Peanut Butter Mousse Pie Salted espresso chocolate cookie crust with peanut butter cream cheese mousse drizzled with chocolate.
Cookies and Cream Pie Oreo crumble crust with Oreo cream cheese mousse filling, topped with whipped cream.
Coconut Cream Pie Coconut custard with whipped cream topping and toasted coconut
Sour Cream Apple Pie Sour cream custard with Granny Smith apples and crumb topping
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Ouita Michel, owner
Ouita Michel has always made locally grown ingredients a priority in her restaurants.
That's why the cuisine is so good.
"For me, while studying French and Italian cuisine, I realized they use local agricultural artisan products in their food. And that's why it's so good. That's why from the beginning of wanting to be a chef, I've committed to supporting local agriculture. Buying local is a tradition that our culture seemed to abandon for a few decades. I love cooking straight from the garden."
She and her husband, Chris, bought the Holly Hill Inn in 2000 and opened the fine dining restaurant in May 2001. Michel's use of locally sourced foods both helps sustain Bluegrass family farms and provides her customers only the freshest, best-tasting fine cuisine. The devotion to local foods is evident also at her other restaurants: Wallace Station Deli just outside Midway; Windy Corner Market, Smithtown Seafood, Zim's Cafe, The Thirsty Fox and Honeywood in Lexington; and The Midway Bakery, Midway. Michel's catering division, Holly Hill Events, shares Kentucky-sourced cuisine and hospitality with groups of all sizes.
Her restaurants have purchased more than $3 million of Kentucky-grown meats, dairy products, fruits and vegetables over the last 19 years. Her reputation and commitment to sustainability have earned speaking invitations and awards from local, regional and national organizations.
Michel's work earns accolades from local and national fans of her cuisine. She has been a James Beard Foundation Award nominee as Outstanding Restaurateur and as Best Chef Southeast numerous times, competing against chefs in major metropolitan areas. Michel is an alumna of the James Beard Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change, a collaborative for chefs who work to improve the world's food systems. Michel and her restaurants are regularly featured in local and national media, such as The New York Times, Southern Living, Garden & Gun, Food Network and Cooking Channel. She was a guest judge on Bravo's Top Chef Kentucky series.
Active in her community, Ouita Michel is a member of Southern Foodways Alliance; James Beard Foundation; Les Dames d'Escoffier; free community supper programs coordinator for Midway Christian Church; board member of FoodChain, a non-profit food incubator in Lexington, Ky., and founder of FEAST, a fund raiser for FoodChain that celebrates women chefs; Hindman Settlement School, which is dedicated to enriching Central Appalachian culture; and is a member of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, a statewide citizens group working to improve education for Kentuckians. Recent honors include induction into the Junior Achievement Bluegrass Business Hall of Fame; the Fayette Alliance Agricultural Excellence Award, Midway University Spotlight Award and the Bluegrass Tomorrow Josephine Abercrombie Award, the group's most prestigious honor, given to a person who contributes tirelessly to improve quality of life in the Bluegrass. She, Chris and their daughter, Willa, live in a 200-year-old cabin adjacent to the Holly Hill Inn.
SANDY ALLISON, GENERAL MANAGER
Sandy Allison grew up in Louisville and moved to Frankfort as a teen-ager. Her love, passion and career has always involved customer service and food.
Sandy’s love for feeding people is second only to her love for family. When Sandy isn’t in the cafe, she is spending time with her two beautiful grandchildren.
She began her restaurant career at 16 in fast food where she quickly rose to store manager. She has served food at Kentucky State University, Midway College, private elementary schools and sit-down restaurants. Before coming to the bakery, Sandy managed the Glenn’s Creek Cafe at Woodford Reserve, which was also part of the Ouita Michel family.
Sandy says she has found a home in the Holly Hill & Co Restaurants. She is proud to work for a woman who has done so much for Kentucky food, farmers and its residents. She looks forward to feeding you at the bakery and cafe!
KAYLA McGAUGHEY, CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER
Kayla McGaughey is a Lawrenceburg, Ky., native who has always had a passion for helping and serving people of all ages.
Kayla considers herself at her best when she is engaged with the public. She enjoys interacting with people and doing what she can to bring joy to their days.
She spends her spare time volunteering at church camps, vacation bible schools, stage managing local theater productions as well as assistant teaching youth theater classes. Kayla is a former assistant instructor at Capital City Dance Studio in Frankfort. When she isn’t helping others, she enjoys being with her family.
Kayla began working for Ouita Michel as a dishwasher in the catering kitchen at Woodford Reserve Distillery. She earned a promotion to assistant manager at the Glenn’s Creek Cafe at Woodford Reserve, which was under the umbrella of the Ouita Michel Family of Restaurants. Kayla looks forward to bringing a smile to your face here at the Midway Bakery & Cafe!
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