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The Sweetest Place
in Town Since 1951

OUR HISTORY

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Amon's Sugar Shack has been locally and nationally recognized for excellence in the media. Featured twice in Southern Living magazine, Amon's has also consistently been selected by readers as Best Bakery in the Commonwealth Journal's Best of the Best contest. The Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce honored co-founder Rosemary Stephens with the Woman in Business Award in 2012.

 

 


Mountain Workshops new"Coffee and Community"

Each October, a group of visual journalists — professionals and students — set up shop in a different community in Kentucky to document its life and culture in a way that is rarely attempted. They visited Somerset in 2011 and documented the story of our hometown bakery.


Southern Living Logo 400px"Doughnuts Divine" & "204 Food Finds Across the Region"

Amon's Sugar Shack has been featured twice in Southern Living magazine as one of the best bakeries in the South. 


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KET's Local Traveler program featured Amon's Sugar Shack in a story about this long-standing, family-run business in the Lake Cumberland area. 


KET Logo Blue 400px"The Amon's name is baked into the landscape of Somerset"

Somerset's Commonwealth Journal recognized Amon's as "a name that's as recognizable as Lake Cumberland itself."


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"Eating Your Way Across Kentucky"

Amon's Sugar Shack was listed as one of 101 must places to eat in Kentucky in this book by journalist Gary P. West. 

This article was printed in the September 2003 issue of Southern Living magazine.

By Wanda McKinney

This delectable dessert oasis has won acclaim from sweet-toothed fans both near and far.

Would you l ike some wonderful doughnuts?" my guide asked as we drove through the charming town of Somerset, Kentucky.

Never one to turn down a sweet dining experience, I was confused when he pulled into a Shell service station on U.S. 27. "Are they high-octane doughnuts?" I asked.

He laughed and informed me that the Sugar Shack — connected to the gas station — has doughnuts that have been named among the top six in the country. "Try the coconut," he urged. "It's the most famous."

So I did, and now — as The Monkees once sang — I'm a believer. The slightly crusty outside blends perfectly with the tender cake inside and turned me into a babbling, smiling Sugar Shackophile.

Doug Stephens, owner of Sugar Shack, is used to such confectionary conversions. His parents started Amon's Bakery in Pulaski County in 1951 (which is still in operation), and he grew up delivering doughnuts to tourist campsites. 

Sugar Shack produces an average of 150 dozen doughnuts a day, including three types of the deservedly famous coconut, as well as a butternut version that has been described as "eating a butter-pecan-ice-cream-cone doughnut."

"We have about 70 different kinds. The Bismarks are real popular," Doug says, pointing out the chocolate-iced, white-cream-filled beauties. "And, of course, lots of people just enjoy the plain glazed."

Between mouthfuls of a Bismark, I ask when the best time is to get them fresh. "We open every day at 5 a.m.," says Doug. "So come in bright and early — around 6 or 7 to get them really hot. We're open till 11 at night."

"You don't get much sleep, do you?" I ask, grabbing a plain glazed so I won't look picky.

"I have good people working for me," he says.

I'm relieved to find out Sugar Shack offers mail order. I can just give Doug a call, tell him what I want, and his staff can wrap, seal and send them out overnight.

  • Regular cookies
  • 89 cents each / $8.99 per dozen
  • Fruit bars
  • 89 cents each / $9.99 per dozen
  • Drop flowers
  • 69 cents each / $6.99 per dozen
  • Thumbprints
  • 79 cents each / $7.99 per dozen
  • Wedding cookies
  • 79 cents each / $7.99 per dozen
  • Small Cutout cookies
  • $1.49 each / $14.99 per dozen
  • Big iced cookies
  • $1.49 each / $14.99 per dozen
  • Specialty cookies
  • Custom-priced
  • Bagels
  • $1.49 each / $2.99 with cream cheese
  • Butterflake dinner rolls
  • $7.29 per dozen
  • Butter biscuits
  • $5.69 per dozen
  • Butter biscuit with country ham
  • $2.09 each
  • Hamburger buns
  • $8.29 per dozen
  • Croissants
  • $2.29 each
  • No. 1: Café sandwich, soup or salad and medium drink
  • $7.89
  • No. 2: Half panini, soup or salad and medium drink
  • $7.89
  • No. 3: 6-ounce angus burger, natural chips and medium drink
  • $9.49
  • No. 4: Half panini, natural chips and medium drink
  • $8.99
  • No. 5: 2 Mini-burgers, fries and medium drink
  • $6.99
  • No. 6: Amon's burger, fries and coleslaw.
  • $7.99
  • No. 7: Steakhouse burger, fries and medium drink
  • $9.99
  • No. 8: 6oz cheeseburger, fries and medium drink
  • $9.99
  • No. 9: Double 6oz cheeseburger, fries and medium drink
  • $13.99
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Proudly serving Baxter's Coffee fresh every day! Come in and enjoy with one of our famous glazed donuts.

We're open:

Mon.-Thurs.

5 a.m.-6 p.m. 

Friday

5 a.m.-6 p.m. 

Saturday

5 a.m.-6 p.m. 

Sunday: 

7 a.m.-12 p.m.

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Our Cake Boss

Expert cake decorator Patty has worked at Amon's for more than 40 years! Whether it's fondant, buttercream, a photo or edible image cake, Patti can decorate the perfect cake for your event.

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Don't Forget Dessert!

Amon's has a wide variety of cream pies available. We also feature pies for holidays and special occasions. Purchase by the slice or take home the whole pie! Call (606) 678-4392 to order.