Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on June 4, 2022

Tulsa has waited a long time for a traditional Jewish bakery. When Cookies, Cakes and Jews opened in Jenks at 610 W. Main St., it was great news for many.

Come early for a stocked bakery case. Baker and owner Jimmy Darnell, who is Jewish, regularly changes items in the case, which makes it fun to find new things on a return visit. A few items of note include the bagels, challah bread, hamantaschen (shortbread cookies with a fruit filling), babka (filled, layered bread) and piroshki (sweet turnovers).

Piroshki flavors include strawberry and apple caramel. The apple made with layers of phyllo dough is filled with an apple and caramel filling. Get one to go, then warm it up at home for a yummy pastry.

For something more substantial, youll find a great menu of bagel sandwiches. These $7-$12 sandwiches include the Shabbos Wabbos with pastrami, Swiss, sauerkraut, Russian dressing and a fried latke on your favorite bagel, as well as the Gyro Schmearo with tomato, dill schmear and feta.

If youve longed for a place that makes New York-style black-and-white cookies and egg creams, Cookies, Cakes and Jews has both. The black-and-whites are a buttermilk cake base with vanilla/chocolate icing. And the egg creams are made the old-fashioned way with chocolate syrup, milk and seltzer.

The bakery does special orders for catering and cakes. It also specializes in vegan desserts.

We loved the idea of opening a Jewish bakery because there is nothing like it in Tulsa, Darnell says. We get so many people that drive an hour to just come see us for a special order of our Gruyre knishes.

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New Jewish bakery in Jenks | What's Cooking | tulsapeople.com - tulsapeople.com

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