I love visiting Julian. In the fall you can see the leaves changing color. Lots of trees in this little mountain town. Apple pie is one of the things Julian is best known for and I have been trying all the bakeries.
This visit I tried the goodies at Golden Apple
5 minutes. Alot can happen. A great tasting pie could become barely edible.
I bought an mini apple pie.
The crust was very hard and flaky. Some parts were very dried out while some parts were ok. The ok parts had a delicious buttery flavor. The filling was packed with apples.
Sadly most of the syrup had evaporated so the inside was not full of juices. This pie was hard to eat. If the baker had taken it out of the oven maybe 5 minutes earlier this would have been a great tasting pie. I took a look at the bottom of the pie where you could see the crust was starting to look burnt and the filling juices had leaked and the liquid evaporated.
Apple crumb mini pie had a very dry crust with a buttery flavor.
Filling was moist but it looked like much of the liquid leaked out and evaporated. I’m guessing this pie was left in the oven 3 or 4 minutes. Sweetness from the sugary syrup was too concentrated due to the cookup and I didn’t like the flavor.
Apple cider donut had an amazing crumbly texture.
I liked the sweet apple cider flavor.
Owner was nice and provided good service. So far Golden Apple is my least favorite bakery for pie.
Other places I’ve visited are:
Mom’s Pie House
Julian Cafe and Bakery
Julian Pie Company
Apple Alley Bakery
Rongbranch Cafe
Julian Beer Co.
Golden Apple Restaurant and Bakery 2018 Main St Julian, CA 92036 (760) 765-4600
Yes I too was disappointed because my peanut butter cookie was dry with not much peanut flavor.
Next time we can try one of our favorite bakeries.
Well. It’s good that you tried a bit of everything. You gave them a chance.
It’s too bad their quality control was poor. Their recipes seemed good.
A pie should bring happiness, sorry to hear this bakery does not deliver a good product. There are definitely other options that do a much better job!
It’s too bad the baker didn’t weed out the over baked pies. You can see the crust had brown/burned areas and the filling bubbled out. Next time I’m going to Mom’s or California Mountain Bakery.