When It Comes to the Rust Belt Cookie Table, This Bakery Is a Top Destination
With nearly 200 employees, Pennsylvania’s Oakmont Bakery sells 850 dozen a day
When a cookie table is inevitable, who needs a wedding cake? That may be a fair question, but Pennsylvania’s Oakmont Bakery also bakes plenty of breathtaking cakes, too.
The selection is vast: from a turtle thumbprint, the small éclair and cream puff, lemon drops, brownie drops, iced sugar cookies, red velvet cookies, jelly, chocolate and turtle, and seasonal thumbprints. Butterballs and buckeyes. Peanut butter blossoms.
And, to dress things up a bit, apricot and nut kolache; plain, strawberry, and cherry cheesecake. Maybe tuck in some small danishes, an assortment of macarons, cannoli, biscotti, and truffles. Or tarts. Or cupcakes. Or fresh strawberry pie with a homemade crust.
Known for its quality, variety, and size, Oakmont is one of three or four bakeries in and around Pittsburgh known to fill your cookie table to the brim.
“This isn’t a typical bakery. It’s like a gigantic jewelry store,” said Marc Serrao, founder and owner of Oakmont Bakery, referring to the iced, fruited, and frosted items sparkling in the showcases and refrigerated spaces.
