Feature Sponsor Love + Giveaway - Mile End Bakery

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I am back with a super yummy giveaway! Mile End Bakery is an online cookie shop started by two girls! They’ve got regular cookies and gluten free options as well. Let me tell you, their cookies are DELICIOUS. I was sent a sampler pack and my husband and I seriously ate them all in 2 days. I have to say, they really travel well to and are packaged up in nice little boxes. So now… three of you luckies will get a chance to win some for yourself. If you ever see the #eatmorecookies hashtag on twitter, just know, that Mile End Bakery started the trend, and I totally agree!

{MEET MALLORY AND ANYA}

1) Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got started?
Stemming from our mutual love of baking (and eating), we (Mallory and Anya) decided to try and start a business making what we love most- cookies! Anya has Celiac disease, meaning she can’t eat gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, and barley- and therefore most baked goods. It is for this reason that Mile End Bakery offers cookies with regular wheat flour and also gluten free.

2) How did you two become friends/business partners?
The two of us met during college up north at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. We actually weren’t all that close during school itself, but had a lot of mutual friends- and we both ended up living and working in the NYC area afterward. After meeting up a few times when our mutual friends came to town, we started to realize that we had a lot in common, in particular, our love of food and baking. It was after a fateful dinner date at Risotteria in NYC that we decided to launch Mile End Bakery, named after one of our favorite neighborhoods in Montreal, where we originally met.

3) What are you two looking forward to this summer?
Mallory: I’m looking forward to sunshine, flip flops, and a lot of outdoor grilling… and of course, making ice cream sandwiches with Mile End Bakery cookies
Anya: I’m looking forward to weekend picnics in Astoria Park.

4) What are your favorite ice cream flavors?
Mallory: My personal favorites are cookies ‘n cream and mint chocolate chip!
Anya: I’m not a big ice cream person. As native Vermonter, we have something called creemees. My favorite creemee flavor is black raspberry and vanilla twist with rainbow sprinkles. Otherwise, I’d rather eat cookies than ice cream