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Bubbie's Mandel Bread (Traditional Jewish Cookie)

Traditional kosher Jewish cookies.
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Course: Breakfast, Dessert, kiddush, Snack
Cuisine: American, Jewish, Kosher
Keyword: biscotti, cookie
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Cooling time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings: 64 cookies
Calories: 73kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks non-dairy butter you can also use real butter for a dairy recipe
  • 2 ½ cups sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 12 almonds
  • 5 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 oz orange juice
  • 5 cups flour
  • lemon zest from one lemon or orange zest from one orange
  • 2 teaspoon fennel seed or anise optional
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  • Cream butter and sugar together.
  • Add eggs one at a time mixing after each egg.
  • If you are adding anise, fennel seed, lemon zest, or orange zest, add it here.
  • Add water, almonds, lemon zest, and baking powder to the mixture. Mix until incorporated.
  • Add flour and stir in by hand. Do not over mix.
  • Sprinkle a cutting board or counter with flour. Lay the dough on the flour and sprinkle it with more flour. Do not knead.
  • Shape the dough into the shape of a log approximately 14 inches long. Divide into 4 equal parts and shape into a thin log just shorter than the length of the cookie sheet you will be using.
  • Line two cookie sheets with aluminum foil and two of the dough logs on each one. Flatten the edges so that they are approximately 2 inches wide.
  • Bake for 30 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and cool completely.
  • Cut into slices approximately ¾ inch wide.
  • Bake again for 25 minutes.
  • Cool and serve.

Notes

Recipe Tips and Suggestions

  • Everybody likes cinnamon. Sprinkle the some cinnamon and sugar over the top of the mandel brot right after it bakes for the second time.
  • Chocolate Chip Mandel Bread. Add ¼ cup of chocolate chips to the batter with the almonds.
  • Pumpkin Pie Spiced Mandel Brot. Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ½ teaspoon nutmeg, ½ teaspoon allspice, and ½ teaspoon cloves to the batter along with the vanilla.
  • Serve as biscotti. Morning coffee will never be the same without mandel brot. Biscotti and mandel bread are very similar so why not dip it in your morning coffee.
  • Chocolate Dipped Mandel Bread. Dip them in melted chocolate chips for a special treat.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Bubbie's Mandel Bread (Traditional Jewish Cookie)
Serving Size
 
1 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
73
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
1
g
2
%
Saturated Fat
 
0.1
g
1
%
Trans Fat
 
0.01
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
0.1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
0.2
g
Cholesterol
 
13
mg
4
%
Sodium
 
39
mg
2
%
Potassium
 
20
mg
1
%
Carbohydrates
 
16
g
5
%
Fiber
 
0.3
g
1
%
Sugar
 
8
g
9
%
Protein
 
1
g
2
%
Vitamin A
 
20
IU
0
%
Vitamin C
 
0.5
mg
1
%
Calcium
 
23
mg
2
%
Iron
 
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.