Schat's Bakery is pretty famous in Mammoth. It's a quaint dutch bakery with two locations, about 45 minutes from each other. My family and I always try to stop there while we are skiing there. We pulled up, and my Dad yelled out, "Look it's Shot's." Dad, "it's SCHAAT's," I corrected him.
It was about 5 o'clock when we got there. They were cleaned out. There wasn't much left to choose from, but we refused to leave empty-handed. It's a cute shop to with a stained glass window entry way that was beautifully decorated for Christmas. There was a sign with a cartoon of an old European man baking; their signature image.
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| Brittle and Chocolate Gelt |
We turned down the brittles and toffee's and went straight for the unusual selection of cookies. We left with Chunky Oatmeal & Raisin, a bit peculiar looking, Mexican Wedding cookies (powder sugar balls) that tasted of rich maple syrup and spices, M&M's and gigantic Chocolate covered Almond Lacey.
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| Toffee and Caramel Chocolates |
Before we made our final decisions, we decided to try a a cinnamon sugar massive spiral cookie that was bigger than my dad's head! It was a pounded thin pastry with crunchy sugar covering every inch. It was fantastic! I think they called it an 'Elephant's Head,' which would be fitting since it was huge.
Since I was unable to see or taste any of the pastries because they were all sold out, this will be a two-part post and I will report back to you.
