Shortbread
Pastry Design by Anca, $4.75/bag
Anca Hasson has been making Port Townsend a sweeter place since first starting to sell her pastries at the local farmers market in 2007. As a child in Romania, Anca entertained herself by making desserts out of the limited ingredients available under rationing; as a young adult she was studying nursing in Alaska when a part-time job at a bakery reignited her childhood passion.
Today Anca's products are available from many Olympic Peninsula outlets, including the Chimacum Corner Farmstand, Port Townsend's Co-op and Farmers Market, and the Tyler Street Cafe, a downtown PT restaurant owned by Anca's husband, John.
Her massive, tender shortbread cookies (above) come in a range of flavors, including espresso-pecan, and lemon with cornmeal.
The chocolate ganache cookie ($2.50 at Tyler Street) has a delicate crust, a gooey chocolate core, and a belt of buttery chopped pistachios.
The pine nut cookies ($5.25/bag at Chimacum Corner) are perfumed pillows of egg white and almond flour studded with extravagant quantities of toasted kernels.
Pastry Design by Anca
40-C Seton Rd
Port Townsend, WA
| (360) 440-7534 |
1 comment:
Anca's confectionaries are far superior to anything I've had since moving back here 15 years ago. They are creative and very high quality. I would love to volunteer in her bakery on occasion (like over the holidays). I worked in a French bakery many years ago and it was hoot. Thank you Anca! Jo
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