12 Arizona Small-Town Bakeries People Gladly Drive Out Of Their Way For

I have never needed much convincing to take a detour for something freshly baked. Put a small-town bakery at the end of the drive, add the promise of warm bread, flaky pastries, or a slice of pie, and suddenly the extra miles feel less like travel and more like excellent planning. Arizona is full of places that make this kind of trip especially tempting. In mountain towns, historic streets, and quiet desert communities, these bakeries have the sort of display cases that make me forget I was only