Amish Bread Warming Baskets

It depends on the listing. The Small, Medium and Large Bread Warming Baskets and the 3-Piece Set sell the microwave pad, the cloth liner and the cloth cover as options on the page, so you add what you want. The three 4-Piece Sets come with the basket, pad, liner and cover in one box.

Microwave the pad for 3 minutes, set it in the bottom of the basket, lay the liner over it, add the bread and put the cover on top. The pad holds the heat and keeps rolls warm for up to 90 minutes, long enough for a Thanksgiving table and seconds. It is a cloth pad filled with sand, so there is no stone to preheat in the oven and no cord, and it can be reheated thousands of times.

No. Only the pad goes in the microwave. The basket is woven wood and stays on the table; the pad comes out warm and goes into the basket.

The Small is 10 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches and holds 2 to 4 rolls or biscuits. The Medium is 13 1/2 x 6 1/2 and holds 6 to 8 rolls or a sliced loaf. The Large is 16 1/2 x 7 1/2 and holds 10 to 12 rolls, a French loaf or a full sourdough boule. Each size is 4 1/4 inches tall, measured outside; the inside runs about an inch smaller. If you usually serve five or more, choose the Medium; if you bake full loaves, the Large.

Yes. Both are pre-shrunk cotton broadcloth, machine washable and dryable. The cover has an elastic edge that hugs the rim, so it lifts off and goes back on with one hand. The colors are on each page.

A stone has to be heated in the oven, handled hot and set on something that will not scorch. The pad heats in the microwave in 3 minutes, is soft, and lies flat under the liner, and it warms the whole bottom of the basket.

Biscuits, cornbread, croissants, muffins, a sliced baguette or a boule. The Medium and Large take a whole loaf; the Small is sized for the breakfast table or a basket of biscuits for two to four.

Yes. Without the pad it is a bread basket: a woven wood basket with a liner, on the table every day. The pad is for the meals when the bread should stay warm until the last person is served.

The 3-Piece Bread Warming Basket Set is the Small, Medium and Large together; pads, liners and covers are added on that page. The 4-Piece Sets bundle one basket with its pad, liner and cover, with nothing more to order.

The Medium Bread Warming Basket and the Medium 4-Piece Set offer an engraved brass plate. The Large does not, because its construction does not let the plate attach securely in the center of the basket, and the families will not sell an option they cannot guarantee; the Small does not offer one either. Protective feet are offered on every size.

An Old Order Amish family on the Iowa-Missouri border weaves every piece, and the weaver signs the bottom of each basket. The liners, covers and pads are sewn by Amish women in the same community.

Standard shipping is free, and rush delivery is offered at checkout. Returns are no questions asked, and every basket carries our lifetime guarantee.