Sell from home — by food

Selling baked goods from home

The core cottage category in nearly every state. Fillings that need refrigeration (custard, cream, meat) usually move the product into TCS territory and out of cottage eligibility.

51 of 51 state frameworks cover baked goods for home sellers.

Examples in this category

Breads, rolls, cookies, cakes without custard/cream/meat filling, fruit pies, muffins, tortillas

States where home sellers may sell it

Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming

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Sources: The 51-jurisdiction home-food dataset on this site (state frameworks named on each state page). Dataset checked October 23, 2026. Where a fee or rule is set by a county or city, this page says so instead of guessing a number.