Pretzel Shortbread

This is the one people come into our shop specifically to find. Diana describes it best: the pretzel shortbread has the sweetness and crumble of shortbread, but the malty, salty quality of a pretzel. It is a cookie that makes you stop and think, and then immediately reach for another. Made by James Beard Award-nominated baker Alex Bois at Lost Bread Co. in Philadelphia using fresh-milled organic whole wheat flour, real butter, and sodium hydroxide for that unmistakable pretzel character. It is not for everyone, which is exactly why the people who love it are so devoted to it. A genuine cult favorite and one of the most interesting things on our shelves.

Pair it with a sharp cheddar and a cup of strong coffee for a snack that leans into the salty, malty complexity, or enjoy it on its own as the polarizing, wonderful thing it is.

Philadelphia, PA

Lost Bread Co. is named after pain perdu, the French term for "lost bread" — what Americans know as French toast, made from the stale ends of loaves lying around. It is a fitting name for a bakery built on the belief that bread should be made from whole, honest ingredients, stone-milled fresh in-house from locally sourced organic grains. Founded by James Beard Award-nominated baker Alex Bois in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, Lost Bread has become one of the most talked-about bakeries in the city, earning a cult following for its pretzel shortbread cookies, creative grain-forward pastries, and deep commitment to the craft of milling and baking. We carry Lost Bread at Lancaster Gift Box because their products are genuinely unlike anything else we have found, and our customers come into the shop specifically looking for them.

Ingredients: Fresh milled organic whole wheat flour, breadcrumbs, butter, sugar, salt, water, sodium hydroxide

Contains wheat and dairy. Made in a facility that may process other allergens.