AZ Food Crafters offers sweet ideas for Mother’s Day

AZ Food Crafters is best-known for its delicious hand pies, but the Chandler bakery makes a wide variety of desserts that make great gifts for Mother’s Day, including:

Crème brulee: Dark Ghirardelli chocolate, Madagascar vanilla bean, sea salt caramel ($3 each)

Dozen mini hand pies (4 of each flavor): Classic apple, lemon cream, apricot almond, chocolate cream ($12)

9-inch round pies: Classic apple ($12), caramel apple ($16), spiced brown butter apple ($12), tart red cherry ($14), maple pecan ($18), chocolate cream ($15), coconut cream ($15), bourbon peach (made with local peaches, $16)

Egg white quiches: Quiche Lorraine ($18), vegetable quiche ($15)

Individual tarts: Caramel apple, cherry, peach, classic apple, savory heirloom tomato ($5 each)

Crème brulee and mini boxes are readily available. Call 602-692-4129 by noon Friday to place orders for 9-inch pies or quiche to pick up at the bakery on Saturday.

You also can place or pick up orders at the Chandler Farmers Market on Thursday, Gilbert Farmers Market or Phoenix’s RoadRunner Park Farmers’ Market on Saturday, or  Ahwatukee Farmers Market or Tempe Community Market on Sunday.