Amity Baking

Let me set the stage: It was a cold, blustery November day… ok, so maybe not. This is Austin, after all! It was November, I had the parental unit coming into town for Thanksgiving, and I was vascillating between spending hours in the kitchen making my own desserts or going out and buying them.
I had read an article in Food & Wine about how Amity Baking is one of the Top 10 Bakeries in the entire country and thought «how come I’ve never heard of this place before?» I checked out the website and it was awesome: easy online ordering with straightforward pickup instructions.
Amity Baking doesn’t have a storefront. You place the order online and then a few days later go right to the bakery in its convenient downtown location (close to Mopac).
I ordered the following:
Butter Croissants — exactly the way a croissant should taste. If you warm it up in a toaster oven, it gets a bit flaky the way real croissants do!
Brioche Rolls — I’d skip these next time. Just a standard roll; nothing worth writing home about.
Apple Bourbon Bundt Cake — Simply yet prettily packaged with great flavor. It wasn’t drowning in icing and it didn’t need to be. This well spiced, moist cake totally hit the spot and was appropriately seasonal while still being a bit different than pecan pie.
All in all, I’ll be going back for sure. I can’t wait to see what desserts the folks at Amity have cooking up for Christmas!

I was gifted some amazing Mexican weeding cookies, they were moist, crumbly, and delicious. I’m no expert in the baking department but oh boy! the cookies were delish… I will soon stop by to get more goodness from this bakery that I haven’t ordered from yet but for the looks and taste a-​ok. internet order at this point only…