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Best Bakery: Cookies With Tiffany

A baking sheet with eight chocolate chip cookies topped with marshmallow and chocolate pieces rests on a marble surface, reminiscent of Seattle restaurants' innovative dessert offerings, accompanied by some string and cookie-themed cards.
Photo courtesy of Cookies With Tiffany

This article originally appeared in the November/December 2024 issue of Seattle magazine.

Tiffany has soft-baked cookies down to an art form. Whether you’re into a classic chocolate chip or want to have fun with flavors like S’more, you’ll find something to crush your sweet tooth at this Madrona bakeshop. Seattle-based baker Tiffany Lewis has built a full-on cookie empire using local butter, eggs, and sustainably sourced chocolate. And they’re baked fresh every day. Bonus: You can ship these babies nationwide.

Hot Tip

Follow @cookieswithtiffany for limited-edition seasonal flavors before they sell out.

Staff Pick

Fuji Bakery in Interbay is a favorite go-to for its egg salad sando and azuki, matcha and ube malasadas. Lisa Lee, publisher/advertising director

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