No Thanksgiving spread is complete without festive treats, so we’re dishing out five local bakery’s holiday specialties sure to wow the crowd.
Plus, a few options on where to carry out or dine in for Thanksgiving — if cooking isn’t your thing.
🥧 Bae’s Bakery, 1164 S. Brook St.
This Old Louisville bakery’s holiday menu — aka Baekesgiving — includes a mini cookie party platter, mini choux au craquelin platter (a crispy cream puff), ready-to-eat and take-and-bake cinnamon rolls.
Pick up: Tuesday, Nov. 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Wednesday, Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
🥧 Smør Nordic Bakeri, 3797 Poplar Level Rd.
Wow your family and friends with a speciality treat from Louisville’s only Scandinavian bakery. We’re talking (and hopefully eating) spicy Nordic ginger snaps, butternut squash pie, glogg kake, and hot toddy meringues.
Pick up: Tuesday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Smør’s squash pie is made with roasted squash whipped into a creamy, spiced custard that’s baked in its rye crust and topped with Pepperkaker.
Photo by @smorbakeri
🥧 La Pana Bakery, 1001 Logan St.
Pre-order a vegan pumpkin chocolate chip loaf, pumpkin pie, or both before tomorrow — they’re made from a family recipe.
Pick up: Tuesday, Nov. 22, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the window
The vegan pumpkin chocolate chip loaf + pumpkin pie at La Pana Bakery are made from a family recipe.
Photo by @lapanabakery
🥧 Plehn’s Bakery, 3940 Shelbyville Rd.
Shop in-store today through Wednesday for turkey-shaped cookies, festive cakes, pies, dinner breads + more.
We’re gobbling up this “eat ham” turkey-shaped cake.
Photo by @plehn’s_bakery
🥧 Please & Thank You, Multiple locations
Snag a dozen bright orange, pumpkin-shape sugar cookies — iced or sprinkled — for $20 + snag a hot box of joe while you’re there for after dinner coffee.
Pick up: Multiple times through Thursday, Nov. 24
Bonus: For those of you known to burn water in the kitchen, pre-order Thanksgiving dinner from 80/20 Kaelin’s or dine-in at Mitchell’s Fish Market, Proof on Main, or Morton’s The Steakhouse — they’re all open on turkey day with Thanksgiving-style menus.
