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A four-generation recipe, a Denver commercial kitchen, and a growing list of people who've written about it.
In the News
The Denver Post · September 2026
From a family suitcase to store shelves
Patricia Kaowthumrong traces Grandma Jeanne's cookies from the suitcase she carried them in to the shelves at Denver International Airport, and the recipe her granddaughter wrote down by hand.
Westword · September 2026
The Denver startup bringing mandel bread to the masses
Sara Rosenthal on why a cookie this good should not stay in one corner of the grocery store, and where to find MandelBites around Denver.
Boulder Jewish News · September 2026
The Recipe My Great-Grandmother Measured in Handfuls
How Grandma Jeanne's mandel bread went from a worn sheet of notebook paper to a bakery. The story of the recipe, told by the family that kept it.
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Lazar Family Bakehouse is a Denver-area bakery built around one recipe: Grandma Jeanne's mandel bread, a twice-baked cookie best described as a softer biscotti, with a delicate crunch on the outside and a softer inside. Jeanne packed her suitcase with desserts instead of clothes so she could share them wherever she went, and she baked entirely by feel, in handfuls. Her granddaughter Victoria sat with her, converted those handfuls into real measurements, and wrote the recipe on a sheet of yellow notebook paper that she still has today. Jeanne baked well into her nineties and lived to 102. Victoria now leads the baking alongside her son Jake, the fourth generation, who founded the company. Every bag is hand-formed, hand-sliced, and twice-baked in a South Denver commercial kitchen, and 5% of profits go to food charities.
Fact sheet
- Name: Lazar Family Bakehouse (formerly Grandma's Goodies, renamed March 2026)
- Founder: Jake Lazar
- Head baker: Victoria Lazar, Jake's mother and Jeanne's granddaughter
- Founded: 2024, in a rented commercial kitchen in Bloomington, Indiana, while Jake was a senior at Indiana University. Relocated to Denver in 2025 and grew through farmers markets including Belleview Station and Cherry Creek.
- Made in: a rented commercial kitchen in South Denver
- Signature product: MandelBites, bite-sized mandel bread in four flavors: Chocolate-Chip, Almond, Confetti, and Gluten-Free Chocolate-Chip. Also Two-Packs of full-size Chocolate-Chip Mandel Bread and gift boxes from $72 to $129.
- Shelf life: 90 days sealed at room temperature
- Kosher status: not certified kosher; produced without rabbinical supervision, and we say so on every product page
- Where to find it: Denver International Airport (Sky Market), Denver hotels including the Apiary, the ART Hotel, and The Jacquard, and specialty grocers including Spinelli's Market, Congress Park Market, and Leevers Locavore. Full list on our store locator.
- Nationwide shipping: through Goldbelly. Free local delivery within 15 miles of the Denver Tech Center through this site.
- Giving: 5% of profits donated to food charities
Photos
High-resolution, free to use with credit to Lazar Family Bakehouse. Email us for originals or anything not listed.
- Grandma Jeanne
- Chocolate-Chip MandelBites · Almond · Confetti · Gluten-Free Chocolate-Chip
- Shabbat Box · Grandma Jeanne Sampler · Pick Your Mix · Treat the Office · Bakehouse Tour
- Logo
Style notes
- Lazar Family Bakehouse (three words, capital B). "LFB" is fine on second reference.
- MandelBites is one word with a capital B.
- Mandel bread, two words, lowercase, for the cookie in general.
- Grandma Jeanne, not Jean. She is Jake's great-grandmother and Victoria's grandmother, which makes Jake the fourth generation.
- Confetti is the current name of the flavor formerly called Funfetti. Some packaging still shows the older name.
Contact
Jake Lazar, Founder
info@lazarfamilybakehouse.com
303-990-0779
Samples for editorial use are available on request in the Denver area.
We Ship Nationwide
Not in Colorado? No problem. We ship nationwide through Goldbelly, fresh to your doorstep, coast to coast. Just look out for the grandmas who might steal your package.