Pretzel shortbread

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Flecked with sea salt on the outside, buttery and supremely crunchy within, this pretzel shortbread leans to the savory side, both salty and sweet. This version, created by Lost Bread Company in Philadelphia, mixes crumbs from the bakery’s own sourdough pretzels into the dough. But any pretzels will give the shortbread the necessary tang. The bakery also dips the shortbread into a lye solution before baking to give them that characteristic glossy surface. This simplified version calls for…

Everyone at the farmers market was talking about the pretzel shortbread cookies from Philadelphia’s Lost Bread Co. So I joined the snaking line to see what the fuss was about.

With pretzel crumbs in the cookie dough, these salty and sweet pretzel shortbread bars have a buttery, almost caramel-like flavor. They're baked in a rectangular tart pan, and then you can slice them into bars.

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This unbelievably easy, crisp-tender, buttery, absolutely irresistible shortbread is one of those recipes you'll find yourself making again and again.

Salty, sweet, crunchy around the edges and crumbly in the middle – these Pretzel Chocolate Shortbread Cookies are the perfect tea-time treat!

I’ve never really liked pretzels. I like those little pretzel nubs covered in cheesy dust and the pretzels filled with peanut butter but real pretzels? I’ll pass. I don’t like them even if they’re the only snack offered...

Pretzel shortbread was created by Lost Bread Co. in Philadelphia as a way to use up stale pretzels and has since gained a cult following. To create our own version, we started with a classic shortbread base and tested it with a variety of pretzel styles to find our favorite. Butter pretzels were the winners--though regular pretzel thins and old-fashioned pretzels also work. A baking soda and egg wash gives these cookies a deep brown color and shine--like a pretzel rod--and pretzel salt…

Shortbread, caramel, pretzels, and chocolate meet to create these completely addicting salted caramel pretzel crunch bars!