We recently lost a good friend who lived on the [UWS] . Last fall she brought a bag of pastries to meetings from a neighbor’s pastry business. “Janie” sells her pie crust cookies with various fruit fillings out of several locations in the city as well as online.
Firm rather than crumbling or flaking apart, these have a rich buttery pastry shell enclosing a fairly intense fruit filling (apple and other). It reminded me of a mating of my favorite american pie qualities with french pastry making, including some caramelization. My daughter was just talking about kouign amann and it prompted a search for the address. Definitely worth checking out if you are near the locations and like these flavors. https://janiebakes.com/
