Wendy Y.
Yelp
Pardon the lackluster pictures, but I just had to write a review after a quick visit here for some baked goods. Who can turn down a visit to a grocery store with farm fresh goods? On your way in, you and your little ones can peek at the roosters running amok in the parking lot and the nearby stables with ponies and goats.
Inside the store, they sell a variety of pantry items like pastas, jams, syrups, sauces, and mixes. Some seem to have been made on the farm, while some were branded. Towards the back, there's a coffee counter, and a large baked goods display case. The coffee was alright. I tried the pumpkin spice and komodo blends and neither had strong flavor.
The baked goods display case and menu is what caught my eye. They have an assortment of cookies (oatmeal raisin, Amish butter, pecan, chocolate, molasses, snickerdoodles) for $9.45 a lb, mini donuts for 85cents a piece, Linzer tarts, whole pies, bread puddings, rum cakes, coffee cakes, carrot cake. See their website for more selection.
I bought some Amish butter and pecan cookies and sampled one of the molasses ones from my friend's picks. My goodness, WHAT A COOKIE. I've had my fair share of amazing cookies but these are in a league of their own. The outside of the cookie is solid, but once you bit into it, it's soft, moist and crumbles into your mouth. I can tell the cookie was rolled in sugar before baking. The Amish butter was rich and not too sweet. The pecan suits more of a sweet tooth and has a subtle caramel flavor. The molasses was incredibly soft, and had the intense flavor of the concentrated sugars used.
I picked up a whole Linzer apricot tart to bring home and my family was so impressed! The tart has layers of apricot jam wrapped in flaky, buttery pastry. No artificial taste at all, and not sickeningly sweet either.
I had a mini apple cider cinnamon donut as a snack and enjoyed it as well.
I'm already reminiscing about my visit and wishing I could go back!
** As an added bonus, they have a clean public restroom in the art gallery building next door!