The Bearded Baker

The Bearded Baker is a Houston-based specialty bakery, led by owner and head baker Allan Hursig, focused on custom-decorated sugar cookies alongside other baked goods. The bakery produces soft sugar cookies with creamy royal icing, personally decorated to fit any design or theme, as well as drop cookies, cakelettes, macarons, and seasonal treats. Allan Hursig founded The Bearded Baker TX in June 2016 as an in-home bakery, opened a brick-and-mortar walk-up location in October 2020, and has been featured on KPRC Channel 2's Houston Life, ABC's Localish, and competed on Food Network's Christmas Cookie Challenge in December 2019. Based in Houston, TX at 518 W 11th St, Suite 400. Reviewers frequently praise the visual artistry and cookie designs, with some noting soft texture and generous frosting; opinions on taste and the custom ordering process are mixed across reviews.