The Midwife and the Baker Menu (Update 2025)
Introducing The Midwife and the Baker, a bakery located at 846 Independence Ave Mountain View, CA, offering a wide array of artisan bread and pastries. The menu features a variety of bread options such as 100% whole wheat, rye, country white batard, and flavored loaves like olive and chocolate sourdough. The pastry selection includes classics like butter croissants, scones, and seasonal danishes. Customer favorites include the almond croissant, blueberry danish, and ham and cheese croissant. The bakery prides itself on using organic ingredients and offering vegan and vegetarian options. With compostable containers, plastic-free packaging, and a commitment to sustainability, The Midwife and the Baker provides a delightful dining experience. Visit for freshly baked goods and a cozy atmosphere that will leave you coming back for more.
Breads
100% Whole Wheat Bread
Fresh milled.
Sesame Crusted Whole Wheat Bread
Our signature fresh milled 100% whole grain sourdough loaf coated in sesame seeds.
Walnut Currant Whole Wheat Bread
Our fresh milled 100% whole grain bread with toasted walnuts and black currants. Walnuts and currants not organic. *All flour is organic*
Rye Bread
Ingredients: Organic whole rye flour, organic spelt flour, water, natural rye sourdough starter, buttermilk, molasses, sea salt
Country White Batard
50% fresh milled CA flour.
Olive Country White Batard
Our country dough (50% fresh milled whole grain) with kalamata olives.
Seeded White Loaf Country White Batard
A seeded (flax and sunflower) pan loaf variation of our country bread. Still 50% whole grain but with toasted sunflower and brown flax seeds.
Chocolate Sour Country White Batard
Kamut Baguette
The baguette is buttery and nutty even before you smother it with butter. We kept this one classic French, so no sourdough.
Demi Baguette
The baguette is buttery and nutty even before you smother it with butter. We kept this one classic French, so no sourdough. Its perfect to make individual sandwiches!
Brioche
Butter goodness perfect accompaniment to any meal and great for your burgers.
Whole Wheat Flat bread
Fresh baked flat bread topped with spade and plow veggies, extra virgin olive oil,and maldon sea salt.
Butter Croissant
All butter croissant
Scone
Seasonal scone with currant and orange
Seasonal Danish
Ingredients: Bread flour, organic whole wheat flour, whole milk, butter, sugar, buttermilk, sea salt, yeast, eggs, pastry cream
Sticky Bun
Ingredients: Bread flour, whole white wheat flour, whole milk, water, eggs, butter, sugar, walnuts, brown sugar, organic honey, cinnamon, sea salt, yeast
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Coookies
Pack of 4Ingredients: Bread flour, eggs, turbinado sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, semisweet chocolate, butter, sea salt, baking powder
Pumpkin Muffin
Ingredients: Pumpkin puree, sugar, egg,oil,baking soda, nutmeg,ginger, cinnamon, abc, salt. The streusel has hard white flour, sugar, butter, and pepitas.
Sesonal Galette
Blackberry galette with lemon crunch. Fresh organic summer blackberry in an all butter pastry with fresh pastry cream and a lemon sugar crunch.
Almond Croissant
Ingredients:croissant + almond cream(egg yolk, butter, sugar, almond meal, vanilla), pastry cream(egg yolk, sugar, milk, cornstarch), sliced almonds
Cardamom Croissant
Ingredients: Croissant + brown sugar, pastry cream(egg yolk, sugar, milk, cornstarch), ground cardamom
Ham and Cheese Croissant
Ingredients: Croissant + Framani uncured ham, Jarlsberg cheese
Chocolate Frangi Twist
Ingredients: Croissant + almond cream(egg yolk,cocoa, butter, sugar, almond meal, vanilla)
Ginger Molasses Cookies
Pack of 4Ingredients: Bread flour, hard white flour, eggs, brown sugar, molasses, clove, cinnamon, ground ginger, nutmeg, allspice, crystallized ginger, butter, sea salt, baking powder
Chocolate Croissaint
Crowd pleaser!!Ingredients: Croissant + semisweet chocolate batons
Pastry
Daily Combos
Brunch Pack
2 Butter Croissant, 2 Chocolate Croissant, Seeded Country loaf.
Breakfast Assortment
Mix of Butter, Chocolate, Ham and Cheese, Almond, Chocolate Frangi Twist, Seasonal Scone
Cookie Box
4 Whole Wheat chocolate chip cookies, 4 Ginger molassescookies
Kids Breakfast Box
2 Butter Croissant, 2 Chocolate Croissant