Bresnan Bread and Pastry

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Find Jenna and Matt Bresnan on Square in McKinney where they make pastries, bread, and bagels that are worth driving to get. However, if that drive is too daunting, the bakery offers a weekly pickup on Saturdays in Dallas, just place a pre-order online. The pastry menu is ever-changing, and the options for bread rotate daily.

La Casita Bakeshop

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A little bakery with immense creativity, and a whole lot of recognition from the James Beard Awards, is tucked inside a strip mall in Richardson. La Casita has created a fiercely loyal fan base of lovers of their themed baked pastries, bread and sweets, such as Gansito-flavored cruffins, strawberry concha sandwiches, and savory jalapeño popper croissants.

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Le Rêve Gelato & Patisserie

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This little bakery in North Dallas is a haven for sweet treats, tarts, and many a viral pastry. Owner Andy Pham loves European-style baked goods, especially from France, and puts his own touch on them. The individual sized items are frequently glazed with a glass finish, and the things they can do with a croissant are mind-bending.

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Haute Sweets Lake Highlands

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Macarons are the must-get item at this sweet shop, but cupcakes, brownies, cookies, cheesecakes, tarts, and much more are available. It is well known for it’s chocolate creme pie cookie and it offers a menu of gluten-free desserts.

Unrefined Bakery

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Gluten-free eaters can feel a little left out when looking at the spread of pies and pastries across the city, but this doesn’t have to happen anymore. Find lemon, chocolate and strawberry cupcakes, cookies, and other gluten-free sweets at Unrefined in East Dallas.

Sugar & Sage Bakery

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Mother and daughter Alison and Ashley Sage Weinstei,n along with chef Jill Bates, serve up a curated selection of bakery bites in this University Park spot. The name gives away the flavor profile: the sweets are not too sweet, like the cruffin brioche which combines a croissant and a muffin for a substantial bite that has the savory butter of a croissant and is often sprinkled with hard sugars and cinnamons to create an out-of-the-ordinary breakfast. It also offers a selection of cupcakes, cookies, and brownies.

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Lubellas patisserie

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Stop by this East Dallas bakery run by Maria Becerra, formerly of Bullion and Flora Street Cafe, and her husband, Ismael Trejo for breakfast or lunch that features fresh-baked croissants, cookies, and loaves. The egg-filled pastries make for a great alternative to a breakfast sandwich, and with its expansion recently there is all the more room to grab a table and relax awhile.

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Society Bakery

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At Society Bakery, score a massive sugar cookie studded with rainbow sprinkles or M&Ms, or splurge on a light, fluffy, frosted cupcake. This is a go-to stop for ordering a cake for a special occasion where the customizable options are many and colorful.

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Leila Bakery & Cafe

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This is the spot to find cakes, cupcakes, danishes, quiche, kolaches, loaves of bread. The small bakery is in an unassuming strip mall off Greenville Ave.. Need help deciding what to order? Consider the vegan banana muffin, a kolache stuffed with ham and muenster cheese, or a decadent seven-layer dream bar.

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Bisous Bisous Pâtisserie

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Bisous Bisous went from being a favorite farmer’s market to serving classic baked goods from its West Village home. Though it’s probably best known for signature macarons in a rainbow of flavors, frequent specials, such as cruffins, are well worth the trip.

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Kuluntu Bakery

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Kuluntu is a bakery making some of the city’s great pastries, loaves of bread, custom cakes, and all the goodies — but it’s also a place with a mission. Its operation is geared towards dismantling the patriarchy, centering marginalized voices, and building community. Founder Stephanie Leichtle-Chalklen uses her store to teach, host community events and bakes, and sources her ingredients with sustainability in mind. Because food can both taste and feel good.

Kessler Baking Studio

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Biscuits, cookies and cinnamon rolls are on offer at Kessler Baking Studio in Oak Cliff, in addition to so many different kinds of baked goods, gifts and nuts, all made from scratch and available to pick up.

Oak Cliff Bread

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Grab a loaf, or a few loaves, of the fresh bread at this bakery. The smell in and around the place alone makes the trip worthwhile. It specializes in “artisan sourdough and pastries” prepared in an old-world style and using Texas wheat whenever possible. Naturally that means sourdough loaves and focadcia. But there are also a array of pastries, cookies, and goodies to tempt.

Zaguán

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Oak Lawn’s Zaguán is an ode to all things Spanish and Latin American. The cafe and bakery has loyal devotees thanks to its hearty brunch and lunch services where patrons can pick up savory staples like arepas, eggs, and cheese. Its bakery options are no slouch either. Dulce de leche filled alfajores, fluffy meringues, and crunchy churros are sure to satiate any sweet tooth. With baked goods centered around Venezuela and other Latin American countries, the flavors will be familiar in a city where Mexican food is inseparable from its identity, but still rarely explored.

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El Palote Panaderia

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El Palote Panaderia has vegan food so good a weird fitness influencer who swears by eating raw meat every day would fall in love — even if they might not tell you. They even took Guy Fieri to Flavor Town, USA. The 100% vegan bakery is renowned for its tacos, but El Palote’s fruit filled pastries and sweet concha don’t disappoint either. The bread eschews milk and eggs for vegan options, but you’d probably never know if we never told you.

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