Umpleby's Bakery & Café

Just a reminder that Sunday is doughnut day!

I am of two minds posting this article.  One is that whatever I can do to educate people on how important it is to support local businesses is something that should be done without hesitation.  The other is that I don’t want to give this particular chain any more attention than it deserves and that anything I post on this website is, in a sense, preaching to the choir.  The former won out so I am posting this article in the NYT today that reports the unsavory business practices in the UK of a certain coffee shop chain.

This was the day 14 Christmas Cookie last year and it is back for this Holiday Season.  From last year’s description: It’s a shortbread drop cookie that contains ground hazelnuts and then rolled in a ball and covered in more hazelnuts and then for good measure baked with raspberry preserves in the center.  And don’t forget the 10x snow on top!  This cookie has it all – the great hazelnut flavor, the great cookie crunch from the nuts, plus the color element from the preserves.