Favorite KC Bakeries
Want to lighten your load this holiday season? Try one of these fantastic bakeries for delicious breads and desserts for your family table.
Strawberry Hill Povitica is one of the best-known and most-loved made-in-Kansas products. This European swirled bread is as delicious as it is beautiful, making the delicacy a perfect addition to your holiday table. At the store, you can try a sample, enjoy free coffee and watch through the windows into the kitchen as the bread is made. Groups of 10 or more may even schedule free tours.
This Westside artisanal bakery is a local favorite with their offering of organic, handcrafted breads. The bakery is popular, so preorders are accepted in early November to prepare in advance for holiday meals. Enjoy seasonal breads for the holidays inspired by cranberries, nuts, honey and favorite seasonal flavors.
This bakery is known as the city’s oldest French-influenced bakery. They bake delicious desserts, croissants for your holiday brunch and French breads.
This Brookside bakery is one of the newer shops on our list, but they’ve won our hearts. The bread is made with organic, stone-ground flour from Heartland Mills in Kansas. The small batch bakery produces fresh bread daily with delicious flavors like sunflower flax bread, rosemary wheat and cinnamon swirl brioche.
Mama Resch’s: A Gluten-Free Bakery
This local bakery specializes in delicious, made-from-scratch, gluten-free baked goods. From delicious breads, to items like hamburger buns and sandwich bread, Mama Resch’s keeps their gluten-free customers in mind with baked goods that are beautiful, delicious and healthy.
Artisanal local bakery that serves breads, pastries, cookies and more (editor’s note: the coconut macaroon dipped in chocolate is heavenly!). Found inside Blackdog Coffee House (12815 W. 87th St. Pkwy., Lenexa, KS) and expanding to a second location at Messenger Coffee (1624 Grand Blvd., KCMO).