Bird-in-Hand Bake Shop
If you're lucky, you'll have to follow a buggy to the Bird-in-Hand Bake Shop.
That way, you'll have to go slow and appreciate the beautiful farmland around
you. The Bird-in-Hand Bake Shop is located on Gibbons Road, just off the Old
Philadelphia Pike (Route 340)-- the main street through the village of
Bird-in-Hand. Just follow your nose to some of the best cookies and pies in
Lancaster County. The wonderful aroma of baking hits you almost before
you're through the door. And it only gets better from there.
Through a window behind the counter, you can hear and see mixing and baking
and watch trays of baked goods waiting to go into the display cases or sent out
to fulfill wholesale orders for several local restaurants. (Bird-in-Hand Bake
Shop baked goods can also be found at various market standholders in five
different states!) With both an individual and wholesale market for their baked
goods, the sweet scents of fresh baked breads and cookies always greets your
nose!
This place has the feel of a small-town country store, which it is. The
bakery and gift shop has been family owned and operated since it opened in 1972,
with all the baked goods recipes stemming from favorites of "way back
when." Locals, as well as visitors, enjoy the tasty treats available six
days a week (9 to 5) at the Bird-in-Hand Bake Shop.
Not only can you indulge your sweet tooth with a chocolate whoopie pie or a
creamy cone of Coleman's ice cream, but Bird-in-Hand Bake Shop also offers its
visitors a few extras, such as a wonderful new play area and petting zoo.
Breathe the clean air and enjoy the slow pace of life going by around you.
It may be off the beaten path, but at the Bird-in-Hand Bake shop, you can
truly savor the quiet peacefulness found only in the heart of Lancaster County's
Amish Country.
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