Southampton-born Tate’s Bake Shop makes its signature thin, crispy cookies and other bakery treats, including the chocolate chip recipe founder Kathleen King developed decades ago. The bake shop pairs real butter and carefully sourced ingredients with a craft-baking approach, and its products now reach retailers across the country. Its Southampton bakery has been voted Best Bakery in the Hamptons multiple times and remains a destination for locals and Long Island visitors.
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Smith Island Baking CoFrom a tiny converted grocery store on Smith Island, Brian and Joy Murphy founded Smith Island Baking Company in 2009 to make and ship Maryland’s signature thin-layered Smith Island Cakes. The family bakery now sends its made-from-scratch cakes and other treats to customers across all 50 states and around the world, keeping alive a tradition that island women began in the 1800s for Chesapeake watermen.CRISFIELD, MD
The Famous 4th Street Cookie CompanyFor more than 40 years, The Famous 4th Street Cookie Company has baked Philadelphia’s hometown cookies from a treasured family recipe, including its signature big, thick chocolate chip cookie. Rooted in the former 4th and Bainbridge Streets location and now baking at its East Falls bakery, the company uses all-natural ingredients without preservatives or artificial flavors. Cookies are baked and shipped the same day so they arrive soft and homemade-tasting.PHILADELPHIA, PA
Sweet Tooth CottageBorn in owner Sue Bissonnette’s home kitchen, Sweet Tooth Cottage is a family-owned Powell bakery known for its signature butter cookies, cut and decorated by hand. The bakery expanded into its current location when demand for those cookies outgrew the kitchen, and it now makes custom designs alongside cakes and other scratch-baked treats. Every item is prepared by hand with fresh, quality ingredients and buttercream frosting.POWELL, OH
Koffmeyer's Old Fashioned Cookies & Ice CreamSince 1978, Koffmeyer’s has been making old-fashioned cookies from scratch and baking them daily at its Havertown shop, where the original owner and baker still oversee the work. A Philadelphia tradition that began in Society Hill, the shop now pairs its signature Head House Squares and other cookies with Leiby’s ice cream for a distinctly local dessert stop.HAVERTOWN, PA