BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Fill the Thanksgiving table with treats from your local bakery this season.
There are plenty of spots in the neighborhood offering affordable and tasty desserts, whether they’re bean pies or traditional pumpkin pie.
Check out DNAinfo’s round-up of bakeries in Bed-Stuy where you can pick up some pastries just in time for the holidays.
► Abu’s Bakery
1184 Fulton St.
Price: $16-$20
Try Abu’s Bakery’s famous signature bean pies this holiday, or compliment it with some coconut, sweet potato or pecan choices. The spot has been on Fulton Street for nearly two decades and you can grab full-size pies starting at $16 up to $20, or pick up several ranging in size from three-inch minis to nine inches.
► Bread Love
1933 Fulton St.
Price: Varies
This “urban farmstore” offers freshly-baked loaves of pumpkin bread, cranberry walnut apple, scones and more treats, along with pumpkin pies. You can also pick up deep-fried turkeys at the Fulton Street shop, as well as decorated cookies, scones, and mini pies. Make sure to place your order for bread loaves a few days in advance.
► Brooklyn Baby Cakes
506 Nostrand Ave.
Price: Varies
Satisfy your sweet tooth at Brooklyn Baby Cakes, which a variety of pies and cupcakes made without preservatives and trans-fat. Seasonal flavors for cupcakes include pumpkin butter with cream cheese frosting, maple pecan and apple cider.
► Brooklyn Kolache Co.
520 DeKalb Ave.
Price: $12-32
While you won’t be able to get a pie at this popular Bed-Stuy café, the bakery known for its Texas-style Czech pastries has a selection of take-and-bake sweet and savory kolaches, cinnamon rolls, orange rolls and dinner rolls so you can have freshly-baked goods on Thanksgiving day.
► Chez Alex
72 Ralph Ave.
Price: $25-$35
This local spot doesn’t accept walk-in pie orders, but you can place customized orders in advance for holiday pies, including apple caramel and more.
► Clementine Bakery
395 Classon Ave.
Price: Varies
Check out Brooklyn’s popular vegan bakery on the Bed-Stuy and Clinton Hill border and try the apple crumb pie. Other choices include cherry lattice, mixed berry, pumpkin, sweet potato, apple cheddar, and maple pecan. Sweet treats can be made gluten and soy-free, just be sure to place all orders 48 hours in advance.
► Doc’s Cake Shop
214 Bainbridge St.
Price: $6 for a six-inch pie, $20 for 10-inch pies
Sample some sweet potato and apple pies at Doc’s Cake Shop, which is expanding with a second location in Harlem. Fill the dessert table at your Thanksgiving feast with the bakery’s peach cobbler, banana pudding and cheesecakes.
► Endless Summer
525 DeKalb Ave.
Price: $35
The DeKalb Avenue sandwich shop is offering Thanksgiving catering, with full meals of whole-roasted turkey, corn bread, string beans, and more, dessert included. Order a la carte and pick up a pie with your choice of sweet potato or apple. You can place an order as late as the Monday before the holiday.
376 Marcus Garvey Blvd.
Price: $20 and up
Try the Sweet Tooth & Catering's sweet potato cheesecake or mixed fruit cobblers. This Bed-Stuy business was started in 1999, making sweets from family recipes. Add a layer cake to your holiday get-together, or celebrate with a cherry crumb pie, peach cobbler and assortment of cheesecakes. Make sure to get your orders in by Nov. 20.
