Our Story
2022
Round Rock donuts expanded into the Cedar Park area with the construction of the second location.
1978
Jan and Dale Cohrs bought the Lone Star Bakery in 1978 from Baird to become the sixth owners.
1970
Lack of parking space downtown prompted Baird to build a new Lone Star Bakery in 1970 on West Liberty, its present location.
1965
Charlie Baird bought the bakery from Mrs. Johnson in 1965 to become the fifth bakery owner. While under Baird’s bakership, the Round Rock Doughnut was declared the best doughnut in Texas by Texas Monthly writer Richard West
1960
Louise Johnson, purchased the bakery from Moehring in 1960 to become the fourth bakery owner. Moehring stayed with the business awhile as part-time baker.
1946
Selma and Louise sold the bakery to the third owner, Roy Hester. After Hester’s short stay, the bakery returned to original owner Moehring.
1943
Selma Erlanson, Louise Johnson’s sister, became the second owner of Lone Star Bakery in 1943 when she bought the shop from Mr. Moehring.
Early 1940s
By the early 1940s Moehring had perfected the artistic creation which made his bakery unique: the renowned Round Rock Doughnut. At the same time he was experimenting with doughnut recipes, Moehring and an associate, Mrs. Louise Johnson, developed the popular Swedish rye bread which became another Lone Star Bakery tradition.
1930's
Moehring began experimenting with dough recipes in the 1930s in an effort to produce a specialty product that would enable his small-town bakery to survive.
1926
Reinhold R. Moehring opened the Lone Star Bakery in 1926 on Round Rock’s Main Street