Challah by Hannah is Hannah’s small-batch baking project, making fresh, preservative-free challah and sharing the recipe behind it. After building a following among bread lovers in northeast Kansas, Hannah moved to New York City in 2021 and now continues the craft through occasional Brooklyn bakes and limited challah drops. The project also reflects her Jewish heritage and has supported food and Jewish community organizations through donations.
World of ChantillyWorld of Chantilly is a Brooklyn kosher bakery recognized for creating parve sweets alongside dairy specialties for celebrations and Jewish holidays. Its work includes custom cakes for weddings and other milestone events, with products such as challah made for holiday tables.BROOKLYN, NY
Greens Babka OnlineGreen’s Home Style, born from the baking artistry of Hungarian-born Chana Green, makes kosher babka and other traditional Jewish baked goods in Brooklyn. Its babka follows an old-world recipe tradition dating back more than a century, with brioche-like dough and generous chocolate or cinnamon swirls. The bakery also offers custom Shabbat and corporate gift orders, including personalized packaging for businesses.BROOKLYN, NY
Yonah Schimmel Knish BakerySince 1910, Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery has baked hand-rolled, old-world knishes at its original Lower East Side location, carrying on a tradition that began with Yonah Schimmel’s Coney Island pushcart in 1890. Still owned by Yonah’s great-nephew, the family business is described as Manhattan’s last remaining knish bakery and one of the Lower East Side’s enduring Jewish food landmarks. Its baked knishes, including the classic potato and family-recipe kasha versions, are also shipped throughout the continental United States.NEW YORK, NY
The Good Batch BakeryChef Anna Gordon’s cookie business, launched at the Brooklyn Flea in 2010, grew into The Good Batch’s Clinton Hill flagship in 2014. Gordon and her husband, Steven Hartong, run the bakery as a neighborhood fixture that supplies fresh baked goods to its Brooklyn customers and retailers across New York City, including its signature cookies.BROOKLYN, NY