Since opening in 1985, family-owned The Kiffle Kitchen Bakery has made hand-rolled Eastern European pastries and Pennsylvania Dutch desserts from scratch. Its rolling pins remain the busiest tools in the bakery, where fresh walnuts are ground on the premises each day and even the fillings are prepared by hand. The bakery is especially known for its kiffles and Hungarian rolls, made without mixes and shipped fresh.
Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, IncFounded by Lloyd and Lois Martin in 1955, Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe is a family-owned Pennsylvania bakery known for making its distinctive soft, sweet potato rolls and bread. What began in a one-car garage serving farmers’ markets grew into a two-bakery operation in Chambersburg and Valdosta, with several hundred employees and products shipped to more than 50 countries. Martin’s keeps its retail products moving quickly, replenishing shelves every three to four days to preserve the fresh texture that made its rolls a familiar choice for burgers and hot dogs.CHAMBERSBURG, PA
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
Five Points Artisan BakeshopFamily-owned and operated in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill/Point Breeze, Five Points Artisan Bakeshop makes European-style breads and pastries in small-batch bakery fashion. Its breads begin at least 20 hours before baking, allowing each loaf—from baguettes to multigrain and whole-wheat breads—to be baked the day it is purchased. Pastries are made with high-quality eggs and butter, with local produce used whenever possible.PITTSBURGH, PA
Kretchmar's BakerySince Henry Kretchmar Sr. purchased a Beaver bakery in 1960, Kretchmar’s Bakery has built its name on scratch-made baked goods and carefully decorated cakes. Now in its third generation of family ownership, the bakery remains known for its specialty tortes—especially the Toasted Almond Torte—while blending long-standing recipes with new ideas under Lincoln Kretchmar. Its roots reach back to Henry Sr.’s first bakery work in West Virginia in 1925, giving this Beaver County shop nearly a century of family baking history.BEAVER, PA