As a person with a gluten-centric diet, I have tried every baked good for sale in and around Iowa City. Here is my honor roll (ha!) of the best. Feel free to change my mind in the comments, I am quite willing to be proven wrong.

Best cookie: chocolate crinkle, HIM Bakery. At the farmer's market, slightly almondy, texture like a chewy macaroon.

Best bread: baguette, Bread Garden. Outstanding texture, classic. Close second is DeLuxe.

Best donut: glazed, Golden Delight Bakery. I know it's Kalona, but close enough. I don't want to know what they fry it in, but it is done perfectly.

Best cake: carrot, New Pioneer. Had a taste-off last year of every carrot cake variety in town. Won by a landslide.

Best Viennoiserie: DeLuxe.

Best croissant: tie, DeLuxe and Bread Garden. Croissants can be hit or miss, go stale fast, and can be damaged by humidity. Both places are the most likely to be consistent.