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The Backroom Bread & Fruit Butter Set

There is something hard to beat about warm, fresh-baked bread — especially when it is paired with Bauman’s Fruit Butters.

This gift set includes New Hope Mills Bread Mix along with two jars of Bauman’s Fruit Butter. The recipient can enjoy the fruit butter spread over a warm slice of bread, or use our in-house recipe cards to bake the fruit butter right into the bread itself.

Blueberry bread, apple butter bread, pumpkin fruit butter bread, cherry fruit butter bread — each flavor gives the mix a different twist and turns a simple loaf into something special.

It is part pantry gift, part recipe box, and part story. A simple, thoughtful set for anyone who loves homemade flavor, old-fashioned treats, and gifts that feel a little more personal.

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The Bauman’s Backroom Special

This gift set was created around Bauman’s Fruit Butters and the many ways they can be enjoyed.
Along with the products inside, the recipient will receive our in-house recipe cards with simple ideas
for using Bauman’s with the other items in the set.

It is part pantry gift, part recipe box, and part story — a combination you will not find just anywhere.

Meet the Products Behind the Story

Customize the Gift.
Complete the Story.

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Fruit Butters

Baumans Fruit Butter

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Fruit Butters

Baumans Fruit Butter

Choose Their Fruit Butter Flavor
Not sure which Fruit Butter to choose?
See the Bauman’s tab for details.
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Description

  • New Hope Mill Bread Mix
  • Two 9 oz jars of Bauman’s Fruit Butters, with your choice of flavors to best suit the recipient’s tastes
  • A handful of in-house “house recipes” with simple ideas for enjoying the fruit butters in everyday meals, snacks, and sweet little indulgences
  • Product history cards that share the story behind each item and why it was thoughtfully selected for this gift set
  • A custom occasion story based on the occasion selected at checkout, giving the gift a more personal and meaningful touch
  • Gift Box presentation, wrapped in cellophane and finished with a bow for a memorable gift presentation

Simple Mixes. Honest Flavor. Since 1823

New Hope Mills has been part of Central New York’s food history since 1823, when it began as a flour mill serving local farms and families. For generations, the mill helped turn grain into the simple pantry staples that ended up on kitchen tables, in breakfast plates, and in family recipes.

Today, New Hope Mills continues that tradition with pancake, waffle, and baking mixes made with the same old-fashioned spirit. Their products bring a little taste of early American milling history into the modern kitchen, making them a natural fit for a gift set built around comfort, heritage, and food with a story.

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Old-Fashioned Fruit Butter Worth Hiding

Bauman’s Fruit Butters are traditional, handcrafted spreads made by the Bauman family in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania—continuing a Pennsylvania Dutch fruit butter legacy that began in 1892. Founded when John W. Bauman bought a cider press and began making apple butter in his carriage shop, the business has remained family-owned through multiple generations, still honoring the same old-fashioned methods and recipes handed down over a century ago.

Made in small batches from fresh, locally sourced fruit, Bauman’s fruit butters capture the pure essence of the harvest without artificial additives, pectin, or preservatives. Their lineup includes classic apple butter as well as seasonal and specialty versions like cherry, plum, pumpkin, and more—each cooked slowly to a smooth, concentrated spread that’s rich in flavor and versatility.

More than just spreads, Bauman’s fruit butters reflect a heritage rooted in Pennsylvania Dutch culture and family craftsmanship. They’re traditionally enjoyed on toast, biscuits, and desserts, or used in creative cooking and baking, preserving the authentic taste of fruit with every jar.

Flavors

  • Bauman’s Apple Butter is made in season and in small batches by a Pennsylvania Dutch family, using a centuries-old recipe with clean, fresh apples and pure apple cider.
  • Bauman’s Apricot Butter is made from apricots, sugar or white grape juice, oranges, and lemons.
  • Bauman’s Blueberry Butter is made from blueberries, sugar or white grape juice, lemon juice, and cinnamon.
  • Bauman’s Cherry Butter is made from locally grown sour cherries, sugar or white grape juice, and lemon juice.
  • Bauman’s Cranberry Pear Butter is made from locally grown pears, sugar or white grape juice, cranberries, oranges and lemons.
  • Bauman’s Honey Peach Butter is made from locally grown peaches, honey, oranges, lemons and spices.
  • Bauman’s Peach Butter is made from Fresh Peaches, Sugar or White Grape Juice, Fresh Oranges, Fresh Lemons, and Spiced with Cinnamon, Allspice and Cloves.
  • Bauman’s Pear Butter is made from locally grown pears, sugar or white grape juice, oranges, lemons, and cinnamon.
  • Bauman’s Plum Butter is made in season, in small batches, by a Penna. Dutch family using an old recipe of locally grown fresh plums, sugar or white grape juice, oranges, lemons, and cinnamon.
  • Strawberry-Raspberry Butter is made in season, in small batches, by a Pennsylvania Dutch family using a recipe of locally grown strawberries, raspberries, and lemon juice.
  • Bauman’s Strawberry Rhubarb Butter is made from locally grown strawberries, rhubarb, sugar or white grape juice and lemon juice.
  • Bauman’s Sweet Tomato Butter is made from locally grown tomatoes, sugar or white grape juice, lemons, cinnamon, allspice and cloves. Use it as a glaze on beef or pork – it caramelizes beautifully
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Gift with a Story

Whether you’re celebrating a birthday, anniversary, graduation, sending sympathy, saying “get well soon,” or just letting someone know you’re thinking of them, every gift from us becomes a fully curated experience. You choose the occasion, and we pair it with a custom Prohibition-inspired narrative that turns your gift set into a story—complete with themed language, era-style details, and a touch of 1920s mystery and charm.

Instead of a standard gift message, your recipient receives a personalized “secret delivery” note written as if it came from the hidden corners of a speakeasy…the backroom of a bootlegger’s shop…or a hush-hush courier who knew how to keep things quiet during the dry years of Prohibition.

During checkout, you’ll have the option to choose the letter that best fits the occasion, helping turn your gift set into a true “Gift With a Story.”

More Than a Gift — A Story Worth Opening

At Gift With a Story, every gift set is designed to be more than a collection of products — it is meant to feel like an experience. Each set includes a custom letter written around the occasion, turning the gift into a personal story for the recipient. We also include product history cards because we carefully choose American-made products that have their own story to tell, whether it is rooted in family tradition, local craftsmanship, or a piece of American history.


Some of our gift sets also include in-house recipe cards, giving the recipient another way to enjoy the items inside. From the occasion letter to the product stories and recipes, every detail is meant to make the gift feel thoughtful, personal, and memorable.

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