The Recorder

Conway Woman Concocts Special Cookie
By KATHLEEN McKIERNAN
Recorder Staff
Sunday, March 31, 2013
(Published in print: Monday, April 1, 2013)

CONWAY — For those who can’t eat refined sugar, dairy, gluten or prefer natural food, there is a cookie for you. The South River Baking Company based in Conway makes frozen cookie dough to go, without gluten or dairy. To sweeten the deal, they are made with whole fruit.

Kate Eugin-Moore, 29, of Conway, the co-owner of Pages Coffee Bar, has branched into the cookie-baking business using her own recipe to give people who can’t eat sugar something sweet to eat.

“Every time I went to the grocery store to look for something sweet with no sugar, but nothing exists,” Eugin-Moore said. “I thought I should sell this. There’s nothing serving that market.”

The South River Baking Company was born.

Pages Coffee Bar and McCusker’s Market in Shelburne Falls sell the product.

“I hope it will fill a need and be something that people can eat and not feel bad,” Eugin-Moore said.

In the evening, Eugin-Moore mixes the ingredients with the help of friend and professional chef Emily Wholey of Conway. Ingredients include organic coconut oil, organic fair trade cocoa, gluten-free flour. The eggs come from Pete and Gerry’s of New Hampshire, which produces organic, cage-free, Omega-3 eggs from hens that are Certified Humane®.

The cookies are easy to bake.

The cookie dough is frozen in a cylindrical black package. Simply slice the cookie dough and place on an non-greased cooking sheet. Cook at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 to 15 minutes.

So far, they come in three flavors — chocolate, oatmeal pecan and chocolate pecan.

As a Conway native who grew up with the South River in her back yard, the name “South River” was natural.

“It’s Conway. I grew up here and I want to keep it local,” Eugin-Moore said.

Eugin-Moore hopes her cookie business becomes popular.

“There is nothing out there like it. I hope it has the potential to become its own entity,” Eugin-Moore said.

For more information, visit www.southriverbakingcompany.com.

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