Cookie Haus • Pflugerville

Cookie Haus • Pflugerville

Written by Beth Wade Monday, 07 January 2008

Susan Tyson ran her bakery for family and friends out of her home for 10 years before her husband said he wanted the temptation out of the house. He was eating too many of the sweet creations.

“I had a couple of friends helping me, and we did it in our off time,” she said. “Then it just started to be so much, and my husband said, ‘You’ve got to get this out of the house. I can’t workout this much anymore.’”

In 2006, Tyson opened Cookie Haus and began selling goods to the public.

With her husband’s help, Tyson decided on the name Cookie Haus to celebrate the area’s German heritage.

“I think I’ve always wanted [to be a baker],” she said. “The first apron I made myself was in seventh grade for home economics class. On my apron it says ‘cookie.’ I think deep in my mind I always wanted to have a bakery.”

At Cookie Haus, customers can purchase cut and decorated sugar cookies, a variety of 24 types of cookies, four-inch mini-pies, full-sized pies and cakes by special order. 

Typically, orders should be placed two to three days prior to the date the item is needed. However, occasionally, Tyson will have cookies in stock for “surprise gifts.”

Cookies are sold by the baker’s dozen, which is a traditional bakery method of selling an extra cookie for a total of 13.

All of Tyson’s treats are homemade from scratch and feature recipes from her family.

“Most of them are either recipes from both my grandmothers and my mother,” she said. “[There are some] recipes that I have developed from just trying different recipes and seeing what works best and what people like the most.”

Although Cookie Haus will not bake wedding cakes, Tyson has made cakes and cookie cakes for almost every other occasion. She has a variety of flavors and sizes, and recently began offering large four-inch cupcakes for special order.

Tyson works full-time as a fourth grade teacher at Brookhollow Elementary School in Pflugerville, so her shop is usually closed during the day and opens in the afternoons.

That does not stop customers from coming.

“I’m a really lucky person,” Tyson said. “I have some great friends, and I have some great gifts and I’m just trying to share them. I certainly couldn’t do it without everyone on down to the customers.”

Cookie selection

Cookies sold for $9 a baker’s dozen

• Chocolate Chip
• M&M
• Chocolate Macadamia
• Macaroon
• Cranberry Orange Macaroon
• Oatmeal*
• Oatmeal Chocolate Raisin
• Snickerdoodle
• Peanut Butter*
• Gingerbread*
• Sugar Sugar
• Brownies
• Linzer
• Spritz
• Springerle
• Irish Potatoes

*Also available sugar free

Cookie Haus, 101 N. Fourth St., Pflugerville, TX 78660, 512-989-7300 www.cookiehaus.com