Below the Ephrata Cloister Bake House

by Priscilla Burgers

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Below the Ephrata Cloister Bake House

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Priscilla Burgers

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Photograph - Photography

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Ephrata Cloister, founded in 1732 in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, is one of America's oldest religious communities. The Bake House and kitchen was likely a busy place when in operation. In 18th century Ephrata, each person ate about a pound of bread a day, and loaves of bread weighed about four pounds each. After mixing the ingredients in large wooden boxes, dough was left to rise for several hours, then divided into loaves and set to rise in rye straw baskets. Meanwhile, a fire burned inside the dome-shaped oven heating the brick. Then the oven temperature was correct, the coal and ash from the fire were scraped out, and the bread was placed inside using long-handled peels.


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