Incredible Destination Desserts Around Seattle to Devour With Kids
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About to devour a really big cookie. Credit: JiaYing Grygiel
4. My Friend's Cookies
Kids don’t want a bacon-matcha cookie with organic sea salt and shaved truffles; kids want a really big cookie. That’s where My Friend's Cookies comes in. Sara Eveland is the chef behind this one-woman operation, and she makes really big cookies in classic flavors like chocolate chip and snickerdoodle.
Her expert tasters are her nieces, ages 5 and 7. “I like traditional flavors with good ingredients,” Eveland said. “But I’m also not serious. It’s important for me, in every single one of my recipes, there’s an item that’s not measured, that’s something that you toss in because you know.”
Eveland has a more than full-time job as the sous-chef at Restaurant Homer. Like a lot of other people, she got into baking at the beginning of the pandemic. She made some cookies for a friend who was doing a pop-up. “Just say it’s my friend’s cookie,” she remembers saying, and the name “My Friend's Cookies” stuck.
“This is my fun job,” Eveland said. “I love to cook. This is the thing I get to do that involves my friends. It’s crazy, but it’s super fun.”
To order: Cookies are $5 each or $48 per dozen. Send her a direct message through Instagram or hop on to the My Friend's Cookies website — Eveland is quick to reply on both platforms. She delivers throughout the Seattle area, including the Eastside, or you can find her cookies at occasional pop-ups and at Watson’s Counter in Ballard.
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