Your nominees for a Boston Baked Goods Hall of Fame

[three of us]

A very wonderful white chocolate raspberry scone from Verrill Farms got me thinking how I've never had a bad scone here. I don't get out to Verrill's wicked often, but will definitely go out of my way to get a scone when I'm within a 20 minute radius.

I've embraced the white choc raspberry scone as my go-to. It is so good, even when you don't get a bite with choc or raspberry (rare), the scone tastes fantastic.

Consistently swoon-worthy. I think it should be in the Boston Baked Goods Hall of Fame.

What are your nominees?

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Verrill Farm
11 Wheeler Rd, Concord, MA, MA 01742

[Bob Dobalina]

Don't know about HOF, but the strawberry cornmeal scones at Sherman have been oozing seasonal goodness the past couple of weeks.

[Pia]

Pear-ginger scone from Petsi Pies.
Florentine cookie from Lakota bakery.
Chocolate cork and canelles from Canto 6.
Lemon meringue pie from Hi-Rise.
Rustic fruit tart from Clear Flour.

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Petsi Pies
285 Beacon St, Somerville, MA 02143

[three of us]

Forgot about Lakota Bakery! I might just have to pay them a visit for "research".

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Lakota Bakery
1373 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA 02476

[teezeetoo]

ahn donuts, adzuki creams, cranberry walnut bread and croissants from japonaise on beacon street - scones from Petsi, almond cookies and florentines from Athans, sour cherry rustic fruit tart from Clear Flour, Iggy's raisin/walnut rolls, linzer tortes from Sweet Mandel

[sflory]

Flour bakery Twice Baked brioche, hands down

[meeps2002]

I will retract my Danish Pastry House in favor of South End Buttery

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Danish Pastry House
205 Arlington St, Watertown, MA 02472

South End Buttery
314 Shawmut Avenue, Boston, MA 02118

[chuck s]

Peanut butter-chocolate sandwich cookie at Lakota.

[holldoll]

Lowbrow-Verna's jelly donuts
Highbrow-Petsi Pie Coconut Cake (special order)

[bella_sarda]

echoing holldoll's post
lowbrow: Verna's plain crueller (oh the nutmeg!), tied with Verna's coffee roll (fresh yeasty goodness)
highbrow: Flour's craquelin: brioche dough rolled up with candied orange peel; needs to be fresh though (of course)
Some honorable mentions

1. banana brioche bread pudding at (gasp!) the Biscuit, despite the fact that virtually all of their other baked goods belong in the hall of shame.

2. also in the caramelized-banana department, the banana cake at Padaria Brasil, Union Square (don't know the Portuguese name, Itaunas where are you?); tender yellow cake topped with thick layer of whole caramelized bananas---diabetics beware, this thing is sweet as hell

3. scones of choice: Nashoba Brook's currant scone, and someone's savory parmesan-prosciutto scone (Sel de la Terre? Nashoba?), purchased at Flat Black coffee co.; savory goat-cheese scone at Crema Cafe also very good.

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Crema Cafe
27 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138

[winedude]

My nominees are:

1. The oreo cookies from Flour. A bite of chocolate heaven.

2. The Sourdough loaves from Clear Flour. Honorable mention to Pain D'Avignon, but they're technically in Hyannis (though available at many Whole Foods).

3. The Croissants, Pain Au Chocolat, and other pastries at PB Boulangerie, in Wellfleet. It's worth the drive from Boston just to get these, seriously.

[meeps2002]

www.danishpastryhouse.com/

The Danish Pastry House in Medford is very good. Its low cost, better than North End baked goods are worth a short drive

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Danish Pastry House
330 Boston Ave, Medford, MA

[StriperGuy]

Sorry, but mot of the pasties at DPH are just not that tasty.

[Jenny Ondioline]

Unless you're really really into Crisco, which is what all of them taste like.

[meeps2002]

I love how CH becomes a forum for you simply bashing peoples opinions.

[Jenny Ondioline]

Sorry, but I would hate for people to trek all the way out to Medford or Watertown for "better than North End baked Goods" -- an odd description considering that they're not offering the same types of pastry one would go to the North End for -- and then get greasy pastries that, to me, taste of little but sugar and vegetable shortening. That's not "bashing people's opinions," that's providing another viewpoint.

Their milk bread makes great toast, though.

[Guinness02122]

Sorry. I think the point of posting something is to give your opinion. I've seen positive posts about Greenhills Bakery (on other sites) which is in Adams Village, Dorchester. I wouldn't recommend that place to anyone. The service and food are terrible, but that's just my opinion. Many locals from the neighborhood love the place.

[threedogs]

The gigantic donut coffee-roll at Linda's in Belmont. Yes, I ate all of it myself. Yes, in the car, before I ever got home. And yes, I'm dieting now.

Enough said. (and I'm going to stop reading this thread now or I'll go totally bonkers).

[Boston_Otter]

Second the earthquake cookies at Sofra.
Chocolate croissant at Quebrada.
The sticky bun at Flour.
And the humble raisin-pecan rolls from Iggy's. Brilliant.

[viperlush]

Sofra's Morning Bun

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Sofra
1 Belmont St, Cambridge, MA 02138

[mleighn]

The currant donut at Clear Flour (I think on Saturdays? Maybe Sundays?) is amazing. I actually can't even think of a word to describe how great it is.

[DoubleMan]

Sofra's earthquakes and Canto 6's chocolate whiskey cakes.

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Sofra
1 Belmont St, Cambridge, MA 02138

[newhound]

Come to think of it--Sofra's red lentil fatayer is a great thing anew each time I eat one.

[makonna]

Verrill scones are also my favorite. But they share my love with the plain croissants at Bella Moto.

[hiddenboston]

The sourdough bread from Iggy's makes me jump for joy whenever I have it (which makes me avoid having a piece of it while I'm in my car).

[MC Slim JB]

Don't eat a lot of baked goods at home, but I've recently enjoyed the imported alfajores at Rincón Limeño and the chocolate croissants at Chocolee. Once in a while I get sfogliatelle from Maria's and amaretti from the Modern.

http://mcslimjb.blogspot.com/

[treb]

On occasion, I've driven to Ricon just for the alfajores, they never make it home.

[sallyt]

I second the white choc raspberry scones - I was there around 3 pm on Sunday, and was so sad that all of the scones were gone! Their cookies just weren't that great.

The scones at Canto 6 are a close second...

[Blumie]

As great as those scones are, if you get there early enough in the morning when they're still warm, they're just remarkable.

[sallyt]

Blumie - which scones - the ones at Canto 6 or Verrill Farm?

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Verrill Farm
11 Wheeler Rd, Concord, MA, MA 01742

[Blumie]

Verrill.

[Pomegranate Martini]

The dried cherry scones at The Tasting Cup on Tremont St in Boston are unreal! Very close second, their eclairs. The pastry chef there is extraordinary.

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Tremont Cafe
418 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116

[Allstonian]

Should that be Thinking Cup?

[Pomegranate Martini]

Sorry, yes the Thinking Cup.

[kimfair1]

Gruyere Cheese Croissants from Clear Flour

Cream Puffs from Clear Flour (thankfully for my waistline only available once or twice a year!)

[Guinness02122]

Petsie's Pies Brownies. Their cupcakes are an honorable mention.

[fantundo]

Petsi's would have to be in the Boston Baked Goods Hall of Fame just in general, but my personal favorite is the peanut butter chocolate rice krispie bar.

[Bob Dobalina]

I would nom the chocolate banana muffin.

[ChickenBrocandZiti]

Iggy's ham and cheese croissant. I'm actually glad the had to stop delivering them to South End coffee shops, I used to eat one every morning.

I would also nominate the cream filled dougnuts at Flour on the weekend.

[Splendid Spatula]

That vanilla bean cake at Hi-Rise. It completely slays me.

[nonaggie]

For me, it's the chocolate cork there.

[newhound]

Maple pecan scone at Hi Rise.

[StriperGuy]

The Great Boston Pastry Hunt: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/694363