Bakery with old fashioned Christmas cookies?

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Anonymous wrote:The Swiss Bakery in Springfield.

Our family moved to a suburb far away from Fairfax. Every time we make it back, we try to stop by. Love this place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Woodmoor Pastry Shop in Silver Spring

This. There’s a whole case of “tea cookies” to pick from.

[Anonymous]

For those things, just organize a cookie exchange. Most commercial places don’t use butter; the cookies were baked weeks ago, they aren’t in tins so they are stale, etc. And quite a few of those small bakeries commercially buy things like sugar cookies and don’t make them on site.

If you must buy, Heidelberg in Arlington makes their own and has prepackaged trays. But it will cost you.

[Anonymous]

Alexandria Pastry Shop
Pastries by Randolph
Heidelberg Bakery
The bake shop

[Anonymous]

Pastries by Randolph is great

[Anonymous]

Just saw them two days ago at Potomac Sweets in Kensington. They have prearranged platters of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pastries by Randolph is great

Thanks! Pastries by Randolph looks like what I am looking for.

[Anonymous]

Heidelberg in Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those things, just organize a cookie exchange. Most commercial places don’t use butter; the cookies were baked weeks ago, they aren’t in tins so they are stale, etc. And quite a few of those small bakeries commercially buy things like sugar cookies and don’t make them on site.

If you must buy, Heidelberg in Arlington makes their own and has prepackaged trays. But it will cost you.

I wish I could organize a cookie exchange!! None of my friends are ever interested.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Woodmoor Pastry Shop in Silver Spring

This. There’s a whole case of “tea cookies” to pick from.

Their pastries and cookies taste like they come from Giant, just more expensive. Big thumbs down on this place.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pastries by Randolph is great

Thanks! Pastries by Randolph looks like what I am looking for.

I was joined this thread specifically to tell you to go to Pastries by Randolph (I don't like them for everything, but they will meet your cookie needs perfectly), and you already decided!

[Anonymous]

I was the OP Of this thread last year. Just wanted to post an update - both the Swiss Bakery in Springfield VA and Potomac Sweets in Kensington had exactly what I needed -- delicious!

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Anonymous wrote:I was the OP Of this thread last year. Just wanted to post an update - both the Swiss Bakery in Springfield VA and Potomac Sweets in Kensington had exactly what I needed -- delicious!

Wow, OP, you’re hard core if you hit both sides of the beltway!

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Anonymous wrote:Heidelberg in Arlington.

Nothing from that bakery has any flavor.

[Anonymous]

The DC area is lacking in old school bakeries. There are so many recipes online for the cookies you mentioned and they are much better homemade anyway.