Baker's Pride

Delta Dawn at Larsen Bakery

Dawn a.k.a. Delta Dawn is one of our seasonal shipping and packaging employees. If you received a Kringle this year in the mail chances are Dawn had something to do with.

Dawn to took to our shipping and packaging system like a duck to water. She always has a kind word to say and is ready to pitch in whenever she can. She never leaves until everything is done.

Dawn's Birthday was yesterday and being a bakery we of course made her a cake.  We wish her a Happy Birthay and Merry Christmas.

Thank you Dawn for being a part of our Larsen Bakery Family.

Snowstorm Story

Over 13" of snow hit our bakery today. Mitchell Airport shut down, the main Highway is shut down, and we are only short "strong winds" for it to be classified officially as a blizzard. As we opened our doors this morning I certainly didn't expect any people to be coming in for bakery.

However, one of the principals from our local high school came in. He braved the storm because he had a craving for one of our walnut danishes. We were thanking him for his patronage and teasing him a bit when he explained that he lives right next door to another bakery but comes to Larsen Bakery because he likes our Danish much better. Apparently, his friends and family as far as Arizona know this and like to tease him, too. But he still insists on coming to our bakery.

Needless to say, his Danish was on us today.

Larsen Kringle Customer Service

During the Christmas Holidays Larsen Bakery ships out thousands of Kringle every day. It is easy to forget the people who are making it for and who is actually packing and shipping all these packages. It is also easy to get caught up with all the calls that come in to wonder if "we are doing it right".

Today this fax came across my desk and it made me smile. Someone took the time to let us know we are getting it right and Larsen's had a piece of making her Dad's birthday.

Larsen Kringle Packing Party 2008

Each year we our neighborhood bakery gears up for the Holiday orders that come from all over the world and this year is no different. We have talked about pre-production forecasts and stocking up Kringle early in an effort to save time or make things easier. But every year we remind ourselves that you the customer want and deserve the freshest Kringle possible and that is why we are still here after all these years.

What that means is starting in December our bakery employees work seven days a week to make, bake, package and send out all the Kringle that have been ordered "and" service our store front as well. These are truly special people as they approach this month with their Holiday busyness of their own. The attached picture is just a few of our counter girls who are working the weekend and making the best of it.

Whether you call or stop in say Hi to these great people, Larsen's would not be the same without them.

Larsen Cheese Crescents

I'm happy to talk about our Cheese Crescents. A local favorite since my father introduced in them over 30 years ago. We use our cheese pastry dough and fill them with almond or poppy seed paste and roll them up into a crescent. We finish our crescents by topping them with a light glaze. Our poppy seeds crescents get a final sprinkle of poppy seeds.

As the years have gone by bakery fads have come and gone but our cheese crescents continue to be one of our more popular items. Check them out online or come in our store when your in town.

Larsen Almond Tarts

From time to time I like to highlight some of our unique product offerings in the bakery. I am hoping to eventually create a informational catalog but one must start slow. So today I want to present you with our Almond Tarts.

We start with a made-from-scratch tart shell made from cookie dough. We then fill the shell with our almond filling and dip the tops in white or semi-sweet chocolate. A local Larsen favorite for many years we now have them for sale on our web site packaged with two Kringle or you can buy them separately.

For any of you who have had our tarts, please feel free to comment below.

If you are looking to try something new for the holidays you won't be disappointed with our Almond Tarts.