A Visit to the Bakery - Amish Style

Last weekend, the kids were up super early and Hubs gave them an early breakfast. This pushed our morning snack time up a bit and I decided that I wanted to take the kids to a bakery to pick out their own pastries.

A good bakery is hard to find.

I had the wonderful opportunity to work in a bakery when I was 14. It was my first real job. I made $4.25 an hour and I got an education on what goes into quality baked goods. I worked the counter and served boxes upon boxes of cakes, cookies, and pastries to people all day long. It's insane how far people are willing to travel for a cream stick, bear claw, or a molasses cookie.

Needless to say, I wasn't willing to settle.

Thankfully, we live about 10 minutes from an Amish bakery that was recommended by a few of my friends. So, off we went!

The kids had fun browsing the shelves and cases full of goodies. They wanted so many things!  It took them a while to make their final decisions, but after 20 minutes we walked out satisfied.

I selected an individual size Elderberry pie and Candied popcorn. Hubs was happy with a tray of Maple Rolls. Turner chose a small tray of Chocolate Whoopie pies, while Lauren opted for Raspberry Yogurt covered pretzels and an individual size Black Raspberry pie.

We just might have to make this a once-a-month tradition.

*I had to limit pics because the Amish do not like to be photographed. As a courtesy to their beliefs, I only snapped a few shots.

Turner was having a huge dilemma about whether or not to choose the chocolate mint cookies.

Heading toward the whoopie pies!!

Mmmmmm... PIE!