Ignore the review before this one... that person was overly negative. There is so much bad stuff on TV and it is harmful to the heart and soul. This is a more wholesome program to watch that does not leave you feeling depleted like so much that is in TV programming. That's why I watch Hallmark to begin with. Television needs more Hallmark! What set is not fake...they are studio sets! This series is light and fun. I am from Minnesota so I had to look up where it was filmed and found out it was Canada and yet the cars in this series showed Minnesota license plates. They took care of the details! Anyway, yes, I would recommend watching it ...even my boyfriend got into watching it, although women are a primary audience. Heather
15 Reviews
Hannah finds another body
blanche-22 July 2016
Warning: Spoilers
In "Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery," Hannah (Alison Sweeney) has decided she is more attracted to Detective Mike Kingston (Cameron Mathison) than the dentist Norman Rhodes. Norman i ready for a commitment, but recent widower Mike is not. Hannah hasn't told either man how she feels.
She wonders if she has made the right decision when Melanie Quinn, a college friend of Mike's, opens a bakery across the street from Hannah's bakery! And she sees Mike exiting it.
Melanie's sister Valerie is heavily promoting the bakery, and Hannah is losing some business. Apparently, Melanie makes one helluva peach cobbler, too. Hannah tries her hand at one, which is better than Melanie's, so she's asked to bring some to a wedding. There's something familiar about Melanie's cobbler - Hannah realizes it's frozen and sold at the grocery store.
After a debacle, Melanie comes to Hannah, admitting she can't bake and asking for help with the peach cobbler for the wedding. Hannah helps and leaves Melanie with baking instructions and gets ready for the wedding. Melanie never appears.
That night, going by Melanie's bakery, Hannah sees the lights on. Inside she finds Melanie's dead body. And she also finds herself a suspect in Melanie's murder.
In order to clear her, everyone joins in the investigation into the murder to find the true killer. Since Mike is on the police force and told to stay away from her, Hannah leans heavily on Norman.
As usual this was a pleasant mystery with attractive stars. It's no great shakes since Hallmark is a family channel and aims for a kind of banal entertainment. However, this series has warmth and likability.
She wonders if she has made the right decision when Melanie Quinn, a college friend of Mike's, opens a bakery across the street from Hannah's bakery! And she sees Mike exiting it.
Melanie's sister Valerie is heavily promoting the bakery, and Hannah is losing some business. Apparently, Melanie makes one helluva peach cobbler, too. Hannah tries her hand at one, which is better than Melanie's, so she's asked to bring some to a wedding. There's something familiar about Melanie's cobbler - Hannah realizes it's frozen and sold at the grocery store.
After a debacle, Melanie comes to Hannah, admitting she can't bake and asking for help with the peach cobbler for the wedding. Hannah helps and leaves Melanie with baking instructions and gets ready for the wedding. Melanie never appears.
That night, going by Melanie's bakery, Hannah sees the lights on. Inside she finds Melanie's dead body. And she also finds herself a suspect in Melanie's murder.
In order to clear her, everyone joins in the investigation into the murder to find the true killer. Since Mike is on the police force and told to stay away from her, Hannah leans heavily on Norman.
As usual this was a pleasant mystery with attractive stars. It's no great shakes since Hallmark is a family channel and aims for a kind of banal entertainment. However, this series has warmth and likability.
A baker who doesn't even know how to bake!
cgvsluis21 February 2021
The third entry in the Murder She Baked cozy mystery series on Hallmark, starring Alison Sweeney. In this episode a new bakery opens in the small town of Eden Lake which cuts in to Hannah's profits at The Cookie Jar. To make matters worse the new baker/owner is a college friend of detective Mike and his deceased wife!
Egged on by her family, Hannah orders one of the Magnolia bakery's famous peach cobblers, a supposed family recipe. Along with her family and the mayor, Hannah does a blind taste test in which Hannah's cobbler wins amongst all of the judges. At least two of the judges...including Hannah herself think the Magnolia's pie tastes familiar. That night Hannah figures out why and shares the reason with her sister, who in a fit of defending Hannah bursts out with the reason at the mayor's daughter's wedding rehearsal in front of most of the town. The baker of The Magnolia bakery leaves in tears with a proclamation that she will bring her cobblers to the wedding.
Day of the wedding Hannah does a good deed, someone ends up dead and for the first time Hannah is the prime suspect!!!!!
Valentine's Day is quickly approaching and our dentist Norman seems to be winning major points supporting and helping Hannah. Mike, our handsome detective, is avoiding Hannah because she is the prime suspect in his case.
Meanwhile the real mystery is who will be Hannah's date for the big day?
Sweet, funny and a must watch in the Murder She Baked series.
Egged on by her family, Hannah orders one of the Magnolia bakery's famous peach cobblers, a supposed family recipe. Along with her family and the mayor, Hannah does a blind taste test in which Hannah's cobbler wins amongst all of the judges. At least two of the judges...including Hannah herself think the Magnolia's pie tastes familiar. That night Hannah figures out why and shares the reason with her sister, who in a fit of defending Hannah bursts out with the reason at the mayor's daughter's wedding rehearsal in front of most of the town. The baker of The Magnolia bakery leaves in tears with a proclamation that she will bring her cobblers to the wedding.
Day of the wedding Hannah does a good deed, someone ends up dead and for the first time Hannah is the prime suspect!!!!!
Valentine's Day is quickly approaching and our dentist Norman seems to be winning major points supporting and helping Hannah. Mike, our handsome detective, is avoiding Hannah because she is the prime suspect in his case.
Meanwhile the real mystery is who will be Hannah's date for the big day?
Sweet, funny and a must watch in the Murder She Baked series.
War for customers
bkoganbing8 October 2017
In this Murder She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery, Hannah Swenson's profession of baker actually comes into play as part of the plot. In this case someone opens a rival bakery across the street and it will be a war for customers in the small town of Eden Falls, Minnesota. Rumor has it that rival Michelle Harrison just imports her stuff and it's not baked on premise. But that pales when Harrison is killed and Alison Sweeney is discovered over the body. Later on the gun that killed Harrison is found in Alison's bakery.
Sweeney is as usual caught between Cameron Mattis and Gabriel Hogan, she must feel like a volleyball at times. Her mother Barbara Niven has found a little romance with Roark Critchlow a guy that seems a bit too smooth. He's also got a connection to the sister of the late bakery rival also played by Michelle Harrison.
Those shots of all the baked goods in the shop. 1000 calories just for looking at it and on television too not live.
Fans of the series won't be disappointed.
Sweeney is as usual caught between Cameron Mattis and Gabriel Hogan, she must feel like a volleyball at times. Her mother Barbara Niven has found a little romance with Roark Critchlow a guy that seems a bit too smooth. He's also got a connection to the sister of the late bakery rival also played by Michelle Harrison.
Those shots of all the baked goods in the shop. 1000 calories just for looking at it and on television too not live.
Fans of the series won't be disappointed.
An enjoyable cozy mystery
wjspears3 September 2021
I have liked the first two episodes of Murder, She Baked. But this is the first episode that I genuinely enjoyed all the way through.
Hannah is understandably distraught when she comes upon another recently murdered body, especially when Hannah is being suspected of committing the murder.
While no one truly believes that Hannah is the murderer, it nonetheless lends an emotional undercurrent to the episode that is well played by everyone. Part of the interest of this episode is watching how different characters react.
Those looking for a solid, well plotted murder mystery should probably pass on all the episodes of Murder, She Baked. This show is a pleasing hodge podge of characters and emotions wrapped up in a murder mystery.
One of my favorite scenes was small town baker Hannah going to the big city of Minneapolis. Hannah is there to dig up dirt, to solve the murder. But Hannah becomes frazzled as everyone she questions is either oblivious to her charm or even worse, averse to her baked goods!
The seeming romantic triangle doesn't really work for me, but I did enjoy the emotional support that Hannah had from her sister and mother, in this episode. Barbara Niven as Hannah's mother was especially effective, I thought, playing a range of emotions from worried, to annoyed, to furious.
Hannah is understandably distraught when she comes upon another recently murdered body, especially when Hannah is being suspected of committing the murder.
While no one truly believes that Hannah is the murderer, it nonetheless lends an emotional undercurrent to the episode that is well played by everyone. Part of the interest of this episode is watching how different characters react.
Those looking for a solid, well plotted murder mystery should probably pass on all the episodes of Murder, She Baked. This show is a pleasing hodge podge of characters and emotions wrapped up in a murder mystery.
One of my favorite scenes was small town baker Hannah going to the big city of Minneapolis. Hannah is there to dig up dirt, to solve the murder. But Hannah becomes frazzled as everyone she questions is either oblivious to her charm or even worse, averse to her baked goods!
The seeming romantic triangle doesn't really work for me, but I did enjoy the emotional support that Hannah had from her sister and mother, in this episode. Barbara Niven as Hannah's mother was especially effective, I thought, playing a range of emotions from worried, to annoyed, to furious.
Have her cake and eat it too...
pumpkinmom-9172318 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
While I applaud this series for trying something different with a Hallmark love interest, the way they ended this particular episode was infuriating. We have an established main character with a big-heart who consistently treats Norman poorly. This episode focuses on giving us a little more back-story on Mike and also letting Norman show a few new sides of himself, stregnthening his bond with Hannah. He straight up asks her out on Valentines day and she accepts. Then, after Mike asks her out too, she suddenly changes her plans in a surprise twist to have dinner with her mom and sister instead. This solves nothing. It is supposed to be a solution to not hurting anyone's feelings but it concretely is her cancelling her plans with Norman so she doesn't have to discourage Mike. He would be cancelled on either way. There isn't a lingering "decision" to be made, she clearly made it but is trying to be non-confrontational about it so she has a backup guy if things don't work out with Mike.....
Shameful. I hope Norman ends up with the assistant baker, she seems positive and delightful.
The murder twists were good in this episode though. Didn't actually see the ending coming. So good points for that!
Shameful. I hope Norman ends up with the assistant baker, she seems positive and delightful.
The murder twists were good in this episode though. Didn't actually see the ending coming. So good points for that!
Hannah finds her competition murdered.
TxMike28 May 2023
These "Murder, She Baked" series of movies will never be mistaken for great movies but they are entertaining, partly because they have to be complete by 85 minutes so there isn't any dragging.
Plus Alison Sweeney, who plays baker Hannah Swensen, is very attractive and very personable. As in the others there is a murder mystery to be solved but that never really takes the focus off the real meat of these movies. Whether Hannah will end up with Mike the Cop or with Norman the Dentist.
In this one a new bakery opens up across the street and, as the movie begins, Hannah finds the lady dead in her kitchen. Based on the gunshot wound she appears to be murdered. The resolution gets a bit complicated, including the role of her twin sister (same actress plays both roles), but once again Mike finds that Hannah is helpful in solving the mystery.
As always her mother and sister are suitably annoying, it helps the story line move forward, they are OK in small doses.
We found a set of two DVDs at our public library that contains five of the "Murder, She Baked" movies. We are watching all of them at home.
Plus Alison Sweeney, who plays baker Hannah Swensen, is very attractive and very personable. As in the others there is a murder mystery to be solved but that never really takes the focus off the real meat of these movies. Whether Hannah will end up with Mike the Cop or with Norman the Dentist.
In this one a new bakery opens up across the street and, as the movie begins, Hannah finds the lady dead in her kitchen. Based on the gunshot wound she appears to be murdered. The resolution gets a bit complicated, including the role of her twin sister (same actress plays both roles), but once again Mike finds that Hannah is helpful in solving the mystery.
As always her mother and sister are suitably annoying, it helps the story line move forward, they are OK in small doses.
We found a set of two DVDs at our public library that contains five of the "Murder, She Baked" movies. We are watching all of them at home.
Why isn't she a ginger?
excushme210 February 2019
Fun mystery
coltras3523 June 2023
With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a tasty monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But when a rival store opens, and one of the owners is found shot to death in the store, Hannah is determined to prove that she wasn't the only one who had an axe to grind with the Quinn sisters. Somebody wasn't fooled by the Georgia Peaches and their sweet-as-pie act--and now it's up to Hannah to track down whoever had the right ingredients to whip up a murder.
Peach cobblers, competition between two bakeries and murder - a predictable but fun mystery which is well-paced, has good characters as well as nice setting and a good build up to the murder.
Peach cobblers, competition between two bakeries and murder - a predictable but fun mystery which is well-paced, has good characters as well as nice setting and a good build up to the murder.
Love triangle continues
Jackbv12317 January 2018
This episode really develops various aspects of the triangle of Hannah, Mike and Norman. For one thing, we find out more about Mike's past, his late wife, and one of their mutual friends who also had a crush on Mike. Meanwhile, with Mike distracted by events, Norman has a chance to strengthen his relationship with Hannah.
We see the results of the murder at the start of the movie, and then there is a flashback of what leads up to it. These things take up about half the movie. Personally I hate this type of flashback. I also hate when the lead character, who is also an established upstanding citizen, is suspected of the murder. Yep, Hannah literally walks right into being a suspect.
I also hate when the protagonist ignores the law doing illegal things in the name of "helping" the investigation. Admittedly, Hannah has skirted the line on this in previous episodes, but this time ...
I have liked previous episodes of the series of movies, primarily because of Alison Sweeney. Hannah's heart is so big, it is hard not to like her. In this one, there were too many of my pet peeves, so I didn't care for it. However, many viewers without my prejudices will probably enjoy this one because there is so much going on.
We see the results of the murder at the start of the movie, and then there is a flashback of what leads up to it. These things take up about half the movie. Personally I hate this type of flashback. I also hate when the lead character, who is also an established upstanding citizen, is suspected of the murder. Yep, Hannah literally walks right into being a suspect.
I also hate when the protagonist ignores the law doing illegal things in the name of "helping" the investigation. Admittedly, Hannah has skirted the line on this in previous episodes, but this time ...
I have liked previous episodes of the series of movies, primarily because of Alison Sweeney. Hannah's heart is so big, it is hard not to like her. In this one, there were too many of my pet peeves, so I didn't care for it. However, many viewers without my prejudices will probably enjoy this one because there is so much going on.
Hannah Swensen (Alison Sweeney)
aab87414 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Favorite Scene with
Hannah Swensen (Alison Sweeney) - She and Norman getting the 411 in Minneapolis. She didn't have Much Luck while he did. Hannah Swensen and Alison Sweeney Rocked!!! Alison Sweeney is one of my Favorite Hallmark Movies And Mysteries and Hallmark Channel Heroines Ever!!!
BTW, I Loved this Movie! I Loved, Loved, Loved Detective Mike Kingston (Cameron Mathison)!!! He - and Cameron Mathison - was So Dang Charming and So Dang Hot!!! I Loved how he was both Very Stern and Very Arrogant and Very Charming all at the same time! Cameron Mathison is one of my Favorite Hallmark Movies And Mysteries and Hallmark Channel Heroes Ever!!! While I Love Norman, I Love, Love, Love Mike and want him with Hannah!
Set in Minnesota.
Hannah Swensen (Alison Sweeney) - She and Norman getting the 411 in Minneapolis. She didn't have Much Luck while he did. Hannah Swensen and Alison Sweeney Rocked!!! Alison Sweeney is one of my Favorite Hallmark Movies And Mysteries and Hallmark Channel Heroines Ever!!!
BTW, I Loved this Movie! I Loved, Loved, Loved Detective Mike Kingston (Cameron Mathison)!!! He - and Cameron Mathison - was So Dang Charming and So Dang Hot!!! I Loved how he was both Very Stern and Very Arrogant and Very Charming all at the same time! Cameron Mathison is one of my Favorite Hallmark Movies And Mysteries and Hallmark Channel Heroes Ever!!! While I Love Norman, I Love, Love, Love Mike and want him with Hannah!
Set in Minnesota.
Movie vs book
burganpenny22 September 2020
I have read all the books, just started th movie's. Hannah lived in a condo not a very house she could not afford. Hanna does not jog. The co worker at the cookie shop is to old for the part.If you wanted to use the book for the plot then you should have followed the book otherwise just write the movie based on what you wanted to be on. Hannah does not drive a new mini van, Cookie shop is way to big an only has 2 workers, not a staff. Not much is based on the books.
Too Easy
pensman29 April 2016
Warning: Spoilers
A "friend" of Hannah's opens a bakery right across the street from Hannah. And Melanie Quinn is quite snarky about her special peach cobbler. The taste however is familiar to Hannah: It's a frozen cobbler from the supermarket. Hannah knows then that Melanie can't bake. Then there is the usual: Hannah makes a cobbler that her friends acclaim as superior; there is a confrontation scene where Melanie accosts Hannah and states she will bake a special Southern cobbler; Melanie shows up in tears at Hannah's admitting she can't bake and needs Hannah's help. Hannah goes over to help Melanie and while there Melanie says she hates pretending but in three months she will be closing because her sister (Vanessa)—the backer of the bakery—said that's how long the bakery had to stay open. Bang, Melanie is dead. Best if you DVR this episode, watch the first 20 minutes and then zip to the last fifteen to see if you were right about who did it: you will be. Forgot, there is the usual subplot with Hannah's mom desperate as usual to find a man; of course, she finds the wrong one.
Big plot error.
mikejade-3545311 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Suspecting Hannah is a terrible plot error. She found the body well after she was dead. If she had shot her Mike would have heard the shot! Boo. I like the story anyway. It's just a stupid distraction. Murder the owner of another bakery- are you kidding me?
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