Hope you’ve been staying cool! Just a friendly reminder that there are no preorders again this week. However, we are OPEN this Saturday and Sunday from 8am-1pm and our pastry case will be stocked with Wonder Buns (both plain and pecan!), Kouign Amann, Savory Tomato Croissants, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Summer Fruit Hand Pies, muffins, scones, quiche, and more.

Just a quick note to update our status:

We are OPEN this Saturday and Sunday from 8am-1pm, and next weekend, but there will be no online preorders these next two weeks!!

Hope you all had a relaxing long weekend spent unwinding with loved ones and enjoying the lovely weather. We had a great time making four different summer pies for the Fourth of July, and are happy to say that our Summer Fruit Pie with Ginger Oat Streusel and Summer Fruit Hand Pie remain on the menu for your continued enjoyment this weekend. The filling has peaches, rhubarb, and berries tossed in homemade strawberry jam – a taste of summer in every bite!

Summer weather certainly came in with a bang! Hope you were able to stay cool. This weekend we have four special whole pies on the menu for Fourth of July feasting:

~Double Crust Peach Pie

~Marionberry Pie with Ginger Oat Streusel

~Summer Fruit Pie with Ginger Oat Streusel

~Raspberry Rhubarb Pie with Ginger Oat Streusel

It never felt like we had a Spring with the weather that we had been having. However, now that we’ve passed the Summer Solstice, it looks like the weather is finally going to match the season! Are you looking forward to enjoying some sunshine as much as we are?

This weekend we are celebrating all the Dads out there — those still here, those no longer with us, and those who have taken on the role with grace and love when nobody else was there to do so.

Friday is the last day of school for PPS! Celebrate the students in your life and the first days of summer vacation with some of our most popular kid favorites: Pain au Chocolat with custom Woodblock Chocolate batons, packages of Chocolate Chip Cookies, rich and tender Chocolate Espresso Cake, melt in your mouth Banana Chocolate Muffins, flaky caramel topped Wonder Buns, and our crisp and savory Cheese Straws.

Our staffing shortages are finally ending, as we have hired new staff members for most of the positions that we were looking to fill. As challenging as these changes have been, it's always fun to get new energy in the shop.

It feels as if the first day of Spring was only yesterday, yet somehow we are already heading into the unofficial beginning of summer: Memorial Day Weekend. I am hoping for weather like we had this past weekend so I can spend plenty of time outdoors with friends and family. But even if the rain persists, I’m still planning on having a Memorial Day BBQ to kick off summer regardless!

“So, you want to open a bakery?”

It’s a funny tagline that I say with a bit of sarcastic humor anytime something goes sideways at the bakery.

After the rainiest April on record in 82 years, we were hoping to enter May with a little bit more sunshine! At least the old adage April showers brings May flowers seems to be holding up!

We are thrilled to see all the appreciation for our springtime offerings over the past few weeks. Strawberry Barley Scones, Raspberry Rhubarb Pie with Ginger Oat Streusel, and Rhubarb Hand Pies were among our most popular items last week! They can be found on our latest menu for your continued enjoyment this weekend.

Hope you all had a joy-filled weekend! We appreciate your holiday business – whether you ordered from our Easter Weekend Menu or had a box of our matzah at your Passover table.

How about this snow?! It has certainly put a temporary pause on our spring excitement, but luckily it looks like we will be back to our normal spring weather by this weekend, just in time for Easter!!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend! We were thrilled to see your response to the return of some of our seasonal pastries last weekend – Rhubarb Hand Pies, Candied Coconut Muffins, and Coconut Pecan Cookies – and we are excited to offer even more new items this weekend.

Spring has arrived, and so have more seasonal items here at Bakeshop! A couple of weeks ago rhubarb became available again, which is always one of the first hints of spring produce after a long winter. We’ve been offering our Raspberry Rhubarb Pie with Ginger Oat Streusel ever since, and this week we are thrilled to bring back our Rhubarb Hand Pie. We love the tart rhubarb tossed in house-made rhubarb jam paired with our flaky old-fashioned pie dough, as well as the hint of pink syrupy goodness that drips through the crust of the hand pies while they bake.

Happy Spring! This week we are excited to open online preorders for our 1503 Matzah. We are honored to continue this very special annual tradition, and hope you’ll join us in celebrating its history.

Hope you’re all moving into daylight savings with ease, and are ready for the fast approaching first day of spring on Sunday. To celebrate the return of spring flavors (as well as Pi Day yesterday), we have added a Raspberry Rhubarb Pie with Ginger Oat Streusel to this weekend’s menu. Though strawberry rhubarb is a popular combination, I personally think raspberry and rhubarb is even better! The combination of rhubarb and raspberry tartness softened by the sweetness of the streusel keeps the pie from becoming cloyingly sweet. Give it a try and let me know if you agree!

This week we are honored to participate in Hamantashen for Ukraine. For this special fundraiser, bakers from around the world are coming together and baking Hamantashen to raise money for the Polish Humanitarian Action, an organization that is assisting Ukrainian refugees at the Polish border.

The bright burst of sunshine was just enough to nudge my thinking towards spring. Even if it was a short lived tease before the onslaught of rain. In that small window, dreams of lighter flavors tempted me and hopes of the first stalks of rhubarb filled my mind. A quick call confirmed that a box was secured and the next day slender ruby red stalks arrived. The fruit was cut into long planks, the handiwork of a talented baker, then submerged under a bath of subtle flavors - hibiscus, raspberry and cherry - to balance the fruit’s natural tartness. Now they will sit