Baked & Free began not with a business plan, but with a few loaves shared between neighbors and friends. Maryanna, our founder, was raised in an Amish kitchen where food meant family and community and every meal was a labor of love. As one of nine siblings, she was baking dinner for the whole family by the time she was ten. That early start shaped a lifelong love of cooking, baking, and nourishing those around her with  great food.