News — baking

The passing of Halloween also marks the unofficial arrival of the Holiday Season. It's a great time of year when we get to spend time with our families and the memories created are always cherished ones.

But one of the greatest challenges of the holiday season is gift-giving and finding just the right gift to convey everything about your relationship, the sentiment between you and the recipient, something that is reflective of who they are and their own personal tastes. Everyone knows what it's like to receive a gift that just didn't show much thought - and it's always bit...

Splitting a Vanilla Tahitensis bean.

Most people don't know this but at Spro, we are committed to using great ingredients when making even the components of the products we offer you. One of the most important ingredients we use in the bakery is Vanilla Extract. 

Almost a year ago, we started a project making our own Vanilla Extract. This was in response to the continued increase in the cost of Vanilla. In 2017, a couple of serious cyclones hit Madagascar and nearly wiped out their production that year. In case you didn't know, Madagascar produces...

Our version of the Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffin.

When I was young, from time to time my Aunt Aleli would visit us from Boston. And every time she came to visit, she would bring us a load of blueberry muffins from the bakery at Jordan Marsh. Thee muffins quickly became my Gold Standard for blueberry muffins and nothing else suffices.

Jordan Marsh was an department store chain based in Boston that was started in 1841 and lasted until they were converted into Macy's stores in 1996. The bakery department of Jordan Marsh was...