About Us
The Basset in Question
Meet Ruthie!
How did we get here?
What started as a joke in spring of 2025, quickly became a mission of giving back.
Anyone that knows me, knows my dream dog has always been a Basset Hound. I knew some day I would own one. Lets be real - one would own me - and she does. In the spring of 2022, that became my reality when Ruthie joined our family! She is my soul dog and everyone claims she is my favorite child. Even my grown children will tell you that. I suppose it keeps them from arguing over which one of them is my favorite.
I began making sour dough for fun in January of 2025. Fast forward to a random day in spring of 2025. My brother-in-law asked me why I was using generic labels that came with the bags as a joke. I told him that would require me to come up with a name and I didn't have that creativity in me at the time. He started throwing out names for fun, and the one that stuck was The Bread Basset. I loved the play on Bread Basket so I bought the URL, snagged the Instagram handle, and sat on them.
At the end of October 2025, when SNAP benefits were at risk in Iowa, it came to me, I was going to use The Bread Basset to give back to those in need. We decided we were going to become a giving bakery...and here we are!