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According to Charlotte, family recipes being used in the bakery was the biggest focus upon opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe used some family recipes,\u201d explained Charlotte \u201cWe had a really close friend who lived in Virginia who also had a bakery, and some of her recipes followed us down here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two of the recipes are for a cake and a cookie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy mother\u2019s German chocolate cake, along with a molasses cookie\u2026 named a \u2018Lizzie\u2019 cookie after a somewhat eccentric cousin in our family\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the years, the business has become a staple in the community with locals and visitors. Charlotte said it has been a joy to be a part of their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt’s such a delight for me to see customers who came in as children, who now come back with their kids. My heart has always been community, and I enjoy people and serving,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While there have been some changes and advancements made to the store over the years, the original concept remains the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe had kind of attempted to move out of the baked goods because it\u2019s very labor intensive,\u201d she explained. \u201cThis was probably around 15 years ago when things were kind of in transition, and Enos\u2019 sisters were leaving. It was transition time for us, and we thought we would see if we could get away from the baking and just go into the bulk foods part of it. But it did not work. Our customers were not happy with it at all. We have changed some things but primarily our focus is the bakery and bulk food. We\u2019ve added the health line and crafts, and as always, we focus on carrying local products as much as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of Charlotte\u2019s biggest accomplishments over the last three decades with the shop is being able to raise a family along with the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI grew up in a family business, and I really loved the concept of raising our children and having them work with us here,\u201d she explained. \u201cSo the boys know, as well as the girls do, how to make bread and all of that. I love being able to raise our children here in this kind of environment\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the most part, the Miller children stuck with the family business until they were 18 or 19 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSome of them are still here today. They come and<\/em> help with the donuts on the first and third Saturday of<\/em> each month.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n For the future, Charlotte said she hopes to continue to welcome the smiling faces and hungry bellies of regulars and visitors alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe plan to stay here as long as God has us here.\u201d GN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since 1987, the Miller family has been welcoming both locals and visitors into their bakery and bulk food shop, The Swiss Pantry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-7073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","tag-november"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC07879-1-683x1024.jpg\")