For more than 94 years, family-run Riesterer’s Bakery has baked celebration cakes and everyday sweets in West Hempstead, earning a place as Long Island’s oldest bakery. Its professional cake team creates custom centerpieces for special occasions, while the bakery’s classics—including its traditional almond-flavored rainbow cookies—can now be shipped across the continental United States. Riesterer’s is also kosher certified by the Vaad of Queens, with pareve and dairy offerings and baked goods for Shabbat and Jewish holidays.
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White Plains Bake ShoppeFor nearly three decades, White Plains Bake Shoppe has baked pastries, breads, and custom cakes from scratch each day at its Mamaroneck Avenue neighborhood bakery. Now owned by Alissa and Francis Roldan, the family-run shop carries forward the recipes and early-morning baking tradition of its French artisan founder and longtime owner Lee. Alissa brings 35 years of professional baking experience, while the bakery’s certified Kosher kitchen serves both everyday customers and Westchester celebrations.WHITE PLAINS, NY
Cookies United LLCCookies United makes cookies, cakes and other baked goods from its Long Island bakery, carrying forward a family bakery story that began with Rocco Vitarelli Sr.’s $400 loan in the Bronx in 1965. The company is especially associated with its classic Italian Rainbow cookie, CakeBites grab-and-go treats and gingerbread house kits, with its 140,000-square-foot Islip bakery supporting sales across North America. Cookies United is SQF certified and holds Kof-K Dairy Kosher certification.ISLIP, NY
Manhattan Sweets Boutique BakeryFor 20 years, Manhattan Sweets Boutique Bakery has served Islip and neighboring Long Island communities with traditional baked goods and custom celebration cakes. The full-service retail bakery keeps fresh cupcakes, brownies and ready-to-go cakes on hand, while its decorators offer consultations and tastings for personalized orders. Its baking centers on pure butter, fresh cream and real sugar.ISLIP, NY
My Mother’s Delicacies, IncSince 1988, Susan Herlands’s Scranton bakery has turned her family’s Old World recipes into hand-rolled rugelach and other pastries. The signature rugelach recipe, preserved through four generations from her grandmother Bertha Hodin’s Polish heritage, remains the company’s defining specialty, alongside Hungarian kipfel and a café selection of baked goods. My Mother’s Delicacies is certified Kosher dairy under the supervision of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, New York.311412SCRANTON, PA