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Full your Thanksgiving desk with handcrafted pies, cookies, muffins and different desserts from Houston eating places and bakeries. Select from conventional flavors and fashionable twists, all geared in direction of making your vacation a bit sweeter. There’s all the time room for dessert — and energy don’t rely on Thanksgiving.
Artisana Bakery, 965 Pinemont: Along with an assortment of savory breads and rolls, this award-winning bakery close to Oak Forest and Backyard Oaks additionally has one thing in your candy tooth. Thanksgiving choices embrace an apple galette made with natural apples that prices $18, pumpkin pie for $20, pecan tart for $26, Pear Brown Butter Almond Cake for $25, pumpkin bread with pumpkin seed streusel for $12 per loaf and Chai-Spiced Pound Cake for $12.
There are danishes, too, for morning treats or after-dessert snack assaults. These begin at $4.25 every. Croissants embrace plain, ache au chocolat, almond or almond chocolate, and danishes are available cream cheese or blueberry cream cheese. Place Thanksgiving pre-orders online (click on the Thanksgiving tab) by 8 p.m. on Sunday, November 20. Decide up orders from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23.
BB’s Tex-Orleans, a number of places: This Gulf Coast restaurant focuses on savory and spicy Texas-meets-Louisiana flavors — and it makes delectable sweets, too. There are three choices for Thanksgiving. A half-pan of bread pudding is $49.99, made with Leidenheimer bread from New Orleans and topped with housemade meringue. Two entire cheesecakes are $44.99 every. Select key lime or Pecan Royale layered with caramel and chopped pecans. Place orders by choosing the order on-line button and your location, or name the placement of your alternative by 11 a.m. on November 21 for decide up on Thanksgiving Day. For bigger orders and catering, email Hannah.
Badolina Bakery, 5555 Morningside: Buy customized muffins in show-stopping designs from this contemporary bakery in Rice Village. Go for 7-, 8- or 9-inch sizes in flavors corresponding to Raspberry Rose and Chocoholic. There are additionally gluten-free chocolate mousse, cheesecake and dairy-free orange muffins. Choose from an array of colours and one in all six specialty shapes like desert, origami or cloud to customise your cake. There are cookies, too, together with Pistachio Macadamia White Chocolate, Vegan Chocolate Fudge, Triple Chocolate Chips and Florentine.
Prepared-to-buy choices can be found on a first-come, first-served foundation, or place customized orders with at the least 24-hour discover to make sure your favourite alternative. Place customized orders by Tuesday, November 22 for decide up on Wednesday, November 23. Name (832) 649-5909 for extra info and to order.
Big Horn BBQ, 2300 Smith Ranch Street: Along with hearty Thanksgiving meals and two sorts of turkeys, this native favourite is providing pies. Flavors are pecan or pumpkin, they usually value $16.99 every. Place orders in particular person for decide up November 14 by means of 23.
Blake’s Bistro, 5222 Seawall Boulevard: This kitchen positioned inside The San Luis Resort in Galveston is providing fresh-baked pies for Thanksgiving. The associated fee is $29.95, and flavors embrace pumpkin, pecan and apple. Place orders by calling (409) 744-8266 by November 19.
Brennan’s of Houston, 3300 Smith: This stylish vacation spot for elegant Creole fare has 5 Thanksgiving-worthy desserts. Select from two pies; Brennan’s Pecan is $32 and lemon meringue is $60. There are additionally two types of bread pudding that value $30 every. Choose from Creole Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce or with White Chocolate. Everybody who visits Brennan’s is obtainable a praline lagniappe upon departure, however these melt-in-your-mouth treats can be found to go, too. Select from a quarter- or half-pound field that accommodates six and 12 pralines, respectively, and price $12 and $20. It’s also possible to buy a dozen wrapped for $14 or a dozen individually wrapped in gold foil for $15. Order online by Friday, November 18 for decide up November 22 between 11 a.m. and a pair of p.m. or 3 to five p.m.
Common Bond, a number of places: Indulge with decadent desserts in seasonal flavors from this stylish bakery. Alternatives embrace Maple Pumpkin Pie for $18, Pecan Praline Apple Pie and Bourbon Pecan Pie for $22 every, Apple Cinnamon Espresso Cake for $10, Dulce de Leche Tea Cake for $12 and Apple Blondies for $9. There are macarons, too, in six flavors that embrace strawberry, mango ardour fruit and chocolate. They’re accessible by the half-dozen for $18 and dozen for $36.
Thanksgiving pre-orders can be found for decide up on the Montrose, Med Heart, Heights Bistro and Metropolis Place places. Visit the main website, and click on the Thanksgiving button on the bottom-right to be directed to the places and respective particular person order websites. Full the immediate to decide on your pick-up date and time. Preorder by means of November 20 for decide up Tuesday, November 22 or Wednesday, November 23.
Dessert Gallery, 3600 Kirby: Wow friends with seasonal sweets from this Houston bakery identified for elaborately embellished cookies, muffins and pies that style pretty much as good as they give the impression of being. Select from Thanksgiving butter cookies that value $4.95 every or the Thanksgiving Cookie Extravaganza with a alternative of 24 or 34 cookies and bars that value $77.50 and $107.50, respectively. These treats can be found solely by means of November 24.
Extra choices embrace The Nice Cake Escape that comes with eight parts of the bakery’s hottest muffins corresponding to Mother’s Chocolate and French Vanilla for $86.50, Pumpkin DreamCake for $42.50 and six pies corresponding to Double Decker Key Lime Pie for $36.50 and To-Die-For Fudge Pecan Pie or Previous-Long-established Pumpkin Pie for $35 every. Do some good together with your buy once you order the S’mores Pie for $35. The bakery will donate 10% of proceeds to Camp for All, a spot that helps youngsters and adults with difficult diseases or particular wants. Go to the web site to view the full holiday menu and to order, or name (713) 522-9999.
Fat Cat Creamery, 1901 North Shepherd and 1225 West thirty fourth: Pie and ice cream go exceptionally effectively collectively, and fortuitously for Houstonians there’s a store that sells each. This Heights parlor has two pies accessible for Thanksgiving preorder. Select from Aunt Pat’s Pecan Pie or Brown Butter Pumpkin Pie that value $30 every. Add two pints of ice cream of your alternative for $17, and select flavors like Cat’s Meow Mexican Vanilla, Milk Chocolate Stout, strawberries and cream and Salted Butter Caramel at decide up. Place orders online by Sunday, November 20 for decide up on November 22 or 23 on the Backyard Oaks location (1225 West thirty fourth).
Flying Saucer Pie Company, 436 West Crosstimbers: A neighborhood icon since 1967, this pie counter affords 14 housemade day by day choices. Followers of fruit fillings can select from 5 choices corresponding to apple, blueberry and cherry, plus cream pies corresponding to strawberry, coconut, lemon and key lime. Conventional vacation flavors embrace pumpkin — with or with out cream topping — and pecan. Costs vary from $18 to $22.75 for entire pies, and all pies are first-come, first-served — so plan forward in case your style buds are set on one thing.
Thanksgiving week hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on November 19, 21 and 22, and seven a.m. to five p.m. on November 23. Slices usually are not accessible throughout Thanksgiving week. Go to the Thanksgiving FAQ page for useful info, corresponding to learn how to retailer your pie to maintain it recent for Thanksgiving and finest instances to go to for shorter traces.
French Gourmet Bakery, 2250 Westheimer: This iconic spot for sweets has served pastries made out of French household recipes since 1973. Vacation specials embrace iced ginger or sugar cookies in pumpkin or turkey shapes, pecan or coconut macaroons and chocolate or Lolo’s Lemon Chewies. Pies are available 4 flavors and price $35 every for pumpkin, pecan or chocolate pecan, and $38 for apple. Extra seasonal choices embrace breads like apple cinnamon, pumpkin and banana. View the Thanksgiving Menu to order on-line for in-store decide up November 22 or November 23.
Goode Company, a number of places: The Brazos Backside Pecan Pie, which relies on a household recipe and has been served at Goode eating places since 1977, is one in all Houston’s most well-known and giftable desserts. For Thanksgiving, there isn’t any want for pre-order. Nevertheless, if you wish to decide one up, you may wish to name forward to make sure there are nonetheless some left. They’re additionally accessible for transport in a customized picket field for $54 per pie and $5 for transport.
Goode Firm can be organising drive-through pie pick-up cubicles, though particulars usually are not but accessible. (Keep watch over the web site.) Extra sweets embrace handmade, individually wrapped authentic or chewy pecan pralines. Go to the online store to order pies and pralines.
Harold’s Restaurant, Bar & Terrace, 350 West nineteenth: There are a number of desserts accessible from this Heights favourite. Select from Bread Pudding with Anglaise Sauce, an eight-inch Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie, or 10-inch Granny Cake for $32 every. An eight-inch pumpkin pie is $28. Every can be accessible as single servings for $5.50 every. Place orders online, or name (713) 893-7588 by midday on Friday, November 18 for pick-up or free supply (inside 5 miles) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. November 22 and November 23.
House of Pies, a number of places: A Houston custom since 1967, this family-owned bakery has 28 housemade pies (some fruit fillings are solely accessible seasonally) priced $17.95 for entire pies and $4.95 for slices. Search for classics corresponding to Texas pecan, apple and pumpkin, or fan-favorite Bayou Goo. There are additionally seasonal sweets corresponding to mince and Strawberry Cream Cheese, and sugar-free fruit corresponding to apple and cherry. Mini pies are $5.95 every, three for $15.95 or six for $29.95.
Regardless of its title, the store additionally sells different desserts. Cookies are $1.25 every or $12.50 per dozen. Select from chocolate chip, Mexican Rock which can be loaded with pecans and resemble stones in look, oatmeal raisin or coconut macaroon. Pecan Brownies value $2.95 every and $29.50 for a dozen, and cream puffs are $4.95 a chunk. All choices are first-come, first-served. Go to the holiday information page for extra particulars.
Kenny & Ziggy’s, 2327 Put up Oak: This New York-style deli’s enormous menu features a smorgasbord of sweets. Truffles are $54 every for 10-inch, three-layer confections accessible in 14 flavors corresponding to chocolate mousse, coconut, crimson velvet and Italian cream. Cheesecakes value $47 for an eight-inch plain and $75 for a 12-inch; add $20 for strawberries. There are additionally pumpkin, coconut and turtle choices for $65 every, plus a number of 12-inch, over-the-top choices just like the OMG Cheesecake made with an Oreo crust and brownie layer, and Snickers cheesecake with chocolate mousse, recent whipped cream and chocolate shavings for $95. Extra muffins embrace tiramisu and tres leches. There are additionally a wide range of pies for $44 every, a Three-Inch Excessive Key Lime Pie for $54 and a choice of cookies and conventional pastries by the dozen like Black & Whites, rugelach and brownies.
Place Thanksgiving orders by means of Thursday, November 17 for decide up on Wednesday, November 23 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Submit the finished order form via email, or fax to (713) 281-783-2749. (Name the primary line upon sending to substantiate receipt.) It’s also possible to place orders by calling (713) 871-8883. Click on on the Holidays tab within the prime proper of the homepage for full menu and ordering particulars.
Koffeteria, 1110 Hutchins: Pre-order Thanksgiving treats from this EaDo bakery owned by longtime Houston pastry chef and High Chef competitor, Vanarin Kuch. Select from two distinctive pies that every serve eight to 10 individuals. The Oh My Gourds is made with a wide range of pumpkins and squashes in a coconut custard and completed with brown sugar meringue. It’s $42. For a less-traditional spin on a traditional, strive the Apple Crumble Pie that contains a cheddar cheese shortbread crust with apples, rosemary and Thai chili filling, and completed with oat crumbles. It’s $35. There are additionally Mini Pecan Pie Basque Tarts that serve one to 2 individuals and price $12. Add vanilla whipped cream to any order for $8. Order online for pickup from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23 or 8 a.m. to midday on Thursday, November 24.
Moeller’s Bakery, 4201 Bellaire: Locals have liked this candy spot because it opened in 1930. Select from a large assortment of embellished cookies and muffins in fall and Thanksgiving shapes corresponding to pilgrim, pumpkin, turkey and colourful leaves. There are pies, too, accessible in 12 flavors, together with candy potato, buttermilk, pecan, pumpkin, Boston cream, apple and extra. Costs for all desserts range by taste, measurement and magnificence. Place orders online, or step into the storefront for an added style of nostalgia.
Paulie’s, 1834 Westheimer: This Montrose restaurant has develop into a go-to for seasonally embellished shortbread cookies in enjoyable shapes. The recipe was developed by Kathy Petronella in 1998 earlier than the enterprise was handed to her son, Paul, in 2007. The cookies are a mix of Italian pizzelle and Irish shortbread based mostly on her household recipes. This yr’s festive choices embrace autumn leaves, pumpkins, fall corn and turkey. They value $3.75 every and are $1 additional for particular person wrapping. Place large orders online prematurely, as in-store portions are restricted; a deposit is required for all orders. There are additionally chocolate chip, peanut butter and chocolate, raspberry Linzer and oatmeal cookies.
Along with cookies, Paulie’s affords brownies and muffins. The latter embrace 1886 Chocolate Cake with fudge-pecan icing and Carrot Cake with cream cheese icing and walnuts. There’s even a bread pudding that makes use of housemade panini bread, raisins and candy Amaretto syrup.
Power Fit Meals, 5517 Broadway: Not solely does this well being meals kitchen provide common vitamin teaching, meal planning and customized prep providers, however they’ve a vacation menu, too! The “Every thing However The Chook” features a slew of starters, sides and desserts. The latter embrace pumpkin or Smoked Pecan pies from Friendswood Pie Firm that value $26 and $35, respectively, and housemade fruit cobbler in peach, apple, blueberry or cherry that value $30 to $60 relying on the scale. There are additionally caramel apples ready by The Caramel Apple Chick accessible in themes like turkey or scarecrow, and flavors like apple pie, pecan pie, pumpkin pie or salted caramel that value $10 every. Go to the holiday meal page for extra info and to order. Choose “Every thing However The Chook” underneath the Menu dropdown. Place orders by means of November 18 and choose your decide up or supply date of November 21, 22 or 23 when ordering.
Rainbow Lodge, 2011 Ella: Convey dwelling the elegant but rustic allure of this distinctive Houston restaurant with decadent desserts. The Croissant Bread Pudding with whiskey sauce serves 12 and prices $55, and Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie serves six and prices $32. Order by calling (713) 861-8666 at the least 48 hours prematurely of pickup. Restricted availability; decide up November 22 by means of 24.
Red Dessert Dive, 1045 Studewood: This sleek-and-modern Heights bakery churns out colourful, artistic desserts on the day by day, and Thanksgiving is not any exception. Seasonal specials embrace Pumpkin Spice Cake with dulce de leche filling and chocolate or vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream (additionally accessible in vegan or gluten pleasant variations). There are 5 entire pies like Whiskey Walnut Chocolate Chip, Browned Butter Pecan and Pumpkin Maple for $32 every, and a gluten-free, vegan pumpkin that’s $34. Vacation choices can be found in assorted sizes and costs range per taste; view the menu online for full particulars. Extra desserts embrace bread pudding for $74 and cupcakes in assorted flavors that value $23 for a half-dozen and $46 for one dozen.
Place Thanksgiving orders by 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 17 for decide up Tuesday, November 22 by means of Wednesday, November 23. Ordering is barely sophisticated, however we’ve you coated. Visit the online menu, and click on the “Order Now” button within the higher proper nook. Subsequent, click on the “Guide” button subsequent to the Thanksgiving Menu Request. Then, choose your decide up date and time, and full the shape in your order info.
Sinfull Bakery, 1714 Webster: Houston’s first vegan bakery has a number of Thanksgiving treats accessible for preorder. Select pies accessible in apple, pumpkin cheesecake, candy potato and combined berry that value $24 every. Cheesecakes are $50 every and are available conventional plain in a chocolate cookie crust with fudge topping, and blueberry with vanilla cookie crust and crumble. There are additionally cinnamon rolls accessible as a pan of eight jumbo or 18 minis that value $45 for both choice. Place orders online for decide up from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. November 22 by means of 23.
The Box Bakery and Kitchen, 1130 Broadway: Along with full meals that embrace a alternative of pie, this bakery additionally affords an intensive menu of à la carte sweets. Truffles embrace Reeses for $55, carrot for $60, German chocolate for $55 and pumpkin cheesecake for $65. Prepared-to-bake cinnamon rolls value $30. There are additionally pumpkin pies for $25 and pecan or chocolate pecan pies for $30 every. Strive a mixture of treats with the dessert board that’s $50 or $100, relying on the scale, or select a cookie tray that’s $24 to 48. Iced cookies are $48 per dozen, and a pumpkin loaf is $15. There are even two keto pies; pumpkin is $50 and pecan is $55.Place orders by November 18 for decide up on November 23 from 5 to six p.m. Name (281) 947 8137 to order, and for particulars on company events or different vacation meals with alternate decide up dates.
Three Brothers Bakery, a number of places: Initially a household enterprise underneath one other title in Poland, brothers Sigmund, Sol and Might Jucker opened the Houston bakery in 1949 — and it’s nonetheless operated by their descendants right this moment. Vacation choices embrace 12 entire pies that begin at $24.99 every, 4 of that are additionally offered by the slice. Flavors embrace pecan, Salted Caramel Pecan, cherry, pumpkin and coconut cream. The pie and low present pack makes a considerate host present, and comes with a pound of house-roasted espresso and both pecan or chocolate pecan pie for $42.99. There are additionally assorted pastry and cookie trays, dipped and embellished rounds and all kinds of conventional cookies offered individually.
For one thing enjoyable and totally different, strive the Turkey Cake that prices $49.99. It’s formed and embellished to resemble a roast turkey, full of a candy “stuffing” and is available in white or chocolate cake flavors. Going all out? Shock eating companions with the Pumpecapple Piecake, a layered confection of epic proportions. It features a pumpkin pie baked inside a pumpkin spice cake, a pecan pie baked in a chocolate cake and an apple pie baked in spice cake. Cream cheese icing holds all of it collectively, then the dessert is completed with extra icing, pecan garnish and a caramel drizzle. It’s $300 and requires 5 days’ discover. Go to the Thanksgiving menu page for extra info and to order any of the vacation desserts.
Urban Eats, 3414 Washington: This vibrant market, restaurant and bar within the Washington Hall is a one-stop store for vacation meal planning and internet hosting. Decide up ready items and merchandise from native producers within the downstairs store, or select Thanksgiving meals and desserts to go. The latter embrace Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie for $29, Pecan Praline Bread Pudding for $19, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie for $27 and Buttermilk Pumpkin Pie for $25. Every serves 8 to 10 individuals. Place orders by means of Monday, November 21 by calling (832) 834-4417 or sending an email.
Weights + Measures, 2808 Caroline: This contemporary bistro and bakery has a number of choices and might acommodate particular dietary preferences. Conventional pies embrace apple or pumpkin pies for $35 every and Big Carrot or Chocolate Cake which can be $75 every. The gluten-free Darkish Chocolate, Espresso and Cardamom Cake is $35 and the gluten-free vegan Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake is $35 (accommodates nuts). Place orders by midday on Friday, November 18 by calling (713) 654-1970, and decide up by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23.
Wild Oats, 2520 Airline: Decide up a full Thanksgiving unfold or aspect dishes from this cool restaurant for elevated Texas-style delicacies, and don’t overlook dessert! Order a traditional Pecan Pie topped with crunchy pecans for $40. Place orders online by means of midday on Saturday, November 19 and decide up on Wednesday, November 23 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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Emporium Pies “Dough To-Go at Central Market, 3815 Westheimer: Like to make pie fillings however not crusts? This Texas-based bakery now sells ready-to-use dough at Central Market. It comes as a single, frozen, 9-inch measurement and is made utilizing simply 5 substances: wheat flour, butter, condensed milk, egg and salt. Use as-is, or slice into strips for latticework, rounds for tarts or use cookie cutters to make ornamental shapes to adorn your desserts. Buy it for $8.
