Dewey's Bakery is an American retail

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offering fresh baked goods including custom cakes, Moravian cookies,

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s, and

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cheese biscuits. Dewey's Bakery originated in

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in 1930. The company's classic Moravian Cookies are known to many as “the world’s thinnest cookie," and were selected by '' O: The Oprah Magazine'' to be featured on the coveted "O List."

History

Since opening in 1930, Dewey's has been baking traditional favorites, such as Moravian Sugar Cake, Grandma and Grandpa Coffee Cakes, Moravian

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Buns, and Moravian Cookies. They are made in the homemade tradition with a centuries-old recipe from the ancient region of

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, located in what is now the

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. In 1992 Dewey's Bakery expanded, creating Salem Baking Company to focus on national distribution of their Moravian spice cookies. Since then, Salem Baking has added additional artisan products including Classic Southern Style Cheese Straws and Cheese Straw Petites, Cheese Biscuits, and Shortbread Cookies.

References

External links

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Salem Baking Company's official website
Food and drink companies established in 1930 Bakeries of the United States Bakery cafés Companies based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Moravian settlement in North Carolina 1930 establishments in North Carolina {{Food-company-stub