Just Bakery is an educational and vocational training program. The program works with individuals who are experiencing significant barriers to employment (homelessness, justice involved, lack of education, and/or a lack of work history or skills).
Just Bakery utilizes the National Restaurant Association’s “ManageFirst” curriculum, teaching hospitality and restaurant management, supervision, cost control, nutrition, accounting and ServSafe to our students, as well as intro to baking hands-on in our commercial kitchen. This curriculum allows students to earn up to 15 college credits and gain automatic acceptance into the Madison College Culinary Program. Students also receive sales and marketing experience by working side by side with program staff in a variety of sales venues, learning customer service skills and front of the house skills.
All proceeds from Just Bakery sales are reinvested into the program and have allowed us to hire our graduates to work in the program both on the instructional and production side of the program.
Upcoming Classes
2025
JB 1: ServSafe, Nutrition, Management, Kitchen
Class is Monday-Friday from 9:00-3:00 for 9 weeks.
Information Session January 7
Class starts January 20
Information Session March 4
Class starts March 31
Information Session May 20
Class starts June 9
Information Session August 5
Class starts August 18
Information Session October 14
Class starts October 27
JB 2: Supervision, Controlling Foodservice Costs, Accounting
Class is Monday-Friday from 2:00-5:00 for 5 weeks. Successful completion of JB 1 required.
April 7-May 9
September 8-October 10
Just Bakery is currently in person- if you are interested in attending, email jaclyn@justdane.org (or call/text 608-220-1690) and she will connect you with the information!
Shop
Just Bakery will be closed November 28-29 and December 23-Jan 6th so our hardworking staff can get a well deserved break!
WE NEED AT LEAST 48 HOUR NOTICE FOR ALL ORDERS
Pickup or delivery to Dane County is available Monday-Saturday! If you need a Sunday pickup or delivery, please contact us and we will see what we can do.
Large orders may require more than 48 hour notice.
Call us with any questions: 608-598-0042
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Multigrain Rolls
$5.00 -
Take and Bake Quiche
$30.00 -
Macarons
$15.00 -
Granola
$9.00 -
Bagels
$8.00 -
Crumble Bars
$5.00 – $12.00 -
Pizza Bread
$8.00 -
Pesto Parmesan Rolls
$5.00 -
Honey Cornbread Muffins
$5.00 -
Cream Puffs
$3.00 -
Vegan Linzer Cookies
$5.00 -
Challah
$6.00 -
Pie
$26.00 – $35.00 -
Brownies
$5.00 – $6.50 -
Carrot Cake
$20.00 -
Seasonal Cookie Decorating Kit
$25.00 -
Cinnamon Rolls
$5.00 -
Quick Bread
$5.00 -
Scones
$5.00 – $6.00 -
Cheesecake Bars
$6.00 -
Bread
$5.00 – $8.00 -
Cupcakes
$2.00 – $3.00 -
Whoopie Pie
$5.00 -
Tea Cookies
$6.00 – $12.00 -
Pumpkin Bars
$5.00 – $15.00 -
Everything Knekkebrød (Norwegian Crisp Bread)
$6.00 -
Danish
$6.00 -
Cheesy Rolls
$5.00 -
Morning Buns
$5.00 -
Cookies
$5.00 -
Muffins
$5.00 – $8.00 -
Sourdough Focaccia
$6.00 -
Biscotti
$6.00 – $8.00
Blog
In The News
Last Week of JB Class 54!!!
Hello Friends of Just Bakery, can you believe that we are already almost to the end of June?! This summer is going by really fast and this is the last week of Just Bakery Class 54 being in the classroom. Starting next week they will be starting...
First Week Baking In The Kitchen!!
On Fridays we get to stop, take a break, be in the moment and connect with our bodies when we have our yoga session with Yoga Accessible For All. Our student Hynetia had also just finished her first week that she gets to spend half of the week in...
One Month Down.. Two More To Go!!
With Troy being gone due to being home sick, Zack and I have been able to put all our focus and attention on helping our student, Hynetia, pass her classes. She has certainly been putting in so much effort on her own time with her studying for her...
Meet Our New Students for JB class 54!
This week was filled with BIG changes. We said goodbye to our wonderful interns, all while welcoming a new class of students. Well not entirely new since our student Troy actually took the Just Bakery program 7 years ago. And actually works in the...
Just Bakery Is More Than JUST a Bakery… Come See for Yourself!!
Life’s circumstance or missteps can lead to incarceration or other life challenges that can be difficult to overcome. It’s better for everyone in our community when we can ensure a person has the chance to put the pieces of their lives back...
Spring is Coming breathing New Life into us all
Hello from Just Bakery! Spring is coming and with that we have a LOT of new, special Bakery items for you to enjoy. With Easter right around the corner it would be the perfect day for you and your family to enjoy not only some amazingly delicious...
JB 52 Graduation Day!!!
[ux_text font_size="1.3"] Our Just Bakery Class 52 just graduated today and it was a little bittersweet. It is amazing and such a moment filled with happiness seeing how far all three of them have come to get to this moment, but now its a little...
New Beginnings With The Just Bakery Family
[ux_text font_size="1"] We're already in March of 2022, this year is going by fast and our students have been working so hard! Cliff, one of our students who is in his third month meaning that he is done with the classroom and only works in the...
First Week of Class JB 53
These amazingly delicious cupcakes were expertly decorated by Cliff who is in our pervious class JB-52, they are out of the classroom and have graduated to learning in the kitchen, with our Kitchen instructor Justin. We started a new class JB-53...
Healing House is Hiring!
JustDane’s Healing House is seeking a full-time Clinical Specialist to join their team. At Healing House, staff members work with homeless families where a member of the family is in need of a safe, nurturing environment to recuperate from illness,...
Calm Before the Storm
This is the first week since our most recent class JB-52 is solely in the kitchen and no more classroom hours. Florenzo is having a feeling of accomplishment after just learning how to put the labels on the labeler machine and how to put back...
Healing House is Hiring: Added Position!
JustDane’s Healing House is seeking 3 new team members, thanks to a grant that is helping us expand our services. At Healing House, staff members work with homeless families where a member of the family is in need of a safe, nurturing environment...
The Best is Yet to Come…Last Week in the Classroom
Hello Bakery Friends This is our Last week for Just Bakery Class 52, in the classroom. Starting next week they will just be in the kitchen part time. I was so amazed to see how much this group of strangers lifted each other up and rallied around...
The Three Muffinteers
This Week At Just Bakery was a combination of work, class, emotions and bonding. We all are bonding well in the kitchen. We're beginning to see each others strengths and weaknesses. Then picking up each other and helping out where one...
JustDane Awarded CDC Foundation/ NIMRC Grant to Support Healing House
JustDane is honored to have been awarded a grant from the National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) and the Centers for Disease Control Foundation (CDCF) to expand services provided at Healing House, a JustDane...
Ain’t No Stopping Us Now!
This Week in Just Bakery Its been a week of Illnesses and Sickness, we did some Zoom and Internet classes, but still made it to school for our kitchen part of the program. Its been a rough week for us mentally and physically. The kitchen has been...
JB 52 Made Snickedoodle Cookies
This was our FIRST week in the Kitchen! Justin our Kitchen Instructor said that once the students get out of the classroom and into the Kitchen, that is when you find out who really wants this or not. And that is also when the different...
ServSafe Exam Day and Graduation!!
This was a busy week in JB-land -here is Cliff to tell you how it went! In Just Bakery this week is was mentally tough and physically cold! The weather made it difficult to attend class, but we all still made it. This was a big test week seeing...
And Away We Go!
Hello Bakery Friends! Today marks the end of week two of JB 52. We can't believe it has only been two weeks! This class is doing the full curriculum, which means they learn 5 subjects instead of 3. So two weeks is really feeling like a month! But...
JUST BAKERY First Week of Class #52!!
We Started 2022 off with a Bang! Having a Full 5 course curriculum, you have to be dedicated with a great amount of self discipline to be successful. And THIS class is showing that they have the will power and the DRIVE to see this through.
While simultaneously our previous class is finishing up their third month in the kitchen with Justin, the kitchen instructor, stopping in the classroom periodically stopping in the classroom to tempt us with more cookies
Last Week of Classroom!
Hello Bakery Friends The students are finishing the last week of classwork, the rest of their time will be spent taking exams and having plenty of review for those exams. On Mindful Monday, we dug deep with each student to see what each of them...
American Family Insurance Championship Proceeds Awarded to JustDane
JustDane (listed as Madison-Area Urban Ministry) is proud to be among the 124 non-profit recipients of more than 2 million dollars raised by the Steve Stricker Foundation at this year's American Family Insurance Championship. We thank them for...
Final Weeks!
Happy Friday Bakery Friends, Just a HUGE reminder we have a Just Bakery Info Session Coming up this Tuesday the 14th!! @12pm ! This week we had our Nutrition Final on the classroom side, and on the kitchen side of things our students made sugar...
To the Kitchen We Go!
This week is a very exciting week! JB 51 has entered the kitchen!! The first day is brutal as they are introduced to the science that is baking. They learn how the different ingredients interact and what could go wrong. Day two has them in the...
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!!
[ux_image id="4159"] LAST week we had BIG Milestones. We just had students take the ServSafe exam Wednesday, and everyone did great! We finished all 15 chapters of the ServSafe book last week and played a fun, competitive game of ServSafe Jeopardy...
JustDane’s Healing House awarded $50,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Trust
JustDane is honored to have been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Trust. Funds from this grant will be used to sustain Healing House, which shelters families struggling with homelessness, who need a place to...
Healing House is Hiring!
Join our team! JustDane’s Healing House is seeking a full-time Resident Care Specialist. The Resident Care Specialist will work with homeless families where a member of the family is in need of a safe, nurturing environment to recuperate from an...
Accomplishing So Much
Hello again all our lovely friends, and family. it was a long 2nd week filled with math, ServSafe and the beginning of Nutrition, but these students really put forth there all and have all grown so much in thee first 2 weeks I'm sure they are ready...
Class 51!
Hey everyone and welcome to the the next class at Just Bakery, we have a bunch of exciting new faces ready to learn and grow. as usual we are gonna highlight some of those faces this week and next week so you can get to know them, and of course...