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The Best Cookies in Seattle

We ate many, many cookies in our research to find the city’s best bakeries—these are our favorites

By Chelsea Lin November 2, 2018

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This article originally appeared in the November 2018 issue of Seattle magazine.

This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue, as part of our “The Best Neighborhood Bakeries,” cover story. Click here to subscribe.

1. Metropolitan Market
Multiple locations
The Cookie—perfect, oversize chocolate chip cookie with walnuts, crisp on the outside, chewy on the inside. 

2. Lowrider Baking Company 
Farmers’ markets

Birthday Cake—a balanced, tangy sweet white chocolate cookie with sprinkles. Photograph by Alex Crook

3. Hello Robin
Capitol Hill, 522 19th Ave. E; 206.735.7970

Mackles’more—graham cracker with s’more cookie and Theo chocolate chunk. Photograph by Sarah Flotard

4. Dahlia Bakery
Belltown, 2001 Fourth Ave.; 206.441.4540

Peanut butter sandwich cookie—with creamy peanut butter filling. Photograph by Ed Anderson

5. Bakery Nouveau
Multiple locations

Oatmeal raisin—a crisp, chewy and utterly massive cookie. Photograph by Bakery Nouveau

 

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