Not Your Bubbies Mandel Bread Food

NOT YOUR BUBBIE'S MANDEL BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Line a half sheet pan (or large cookie sheet) with parchment paper.
• In a mixer, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time making sure they get incorporated well.
• Add vanilla and continue to cream.
• Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides.
• Add 1 cup of the flour along with the baking powder and salt (here is where you would add chili powder if you want a kick). Continue to mix.
• Add the remaining 2 cups of flour one at a time to keep the batter light.
• Finally, add the chocolate chips.
• Mix until just combined.
• Dust your work space with flour and divide dough into 3 equal size balls.
• One at a time, roll the balls into long loaves and place onto cookie sheet.
• Slightly flatten each loaf until it is the desired shape of the cookies you'd like.
• Dust each loaf with cinnamon sugar and bake for 20 minutes.
• At the end of 20 minutes, take them from the oven and slice each loaf into 1/2" pieces.
• Lie them on their side back on the cookie sheet.
• Dust again with cinnamon sugar and put them back in the oven until lightly crisp (about 6-7 minutes).
• Cool slightly. Enjoy with coffee, tea, milk, or whatever you like.

MANDELBROT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In an electric mixer beat eggs well and then add and beat well the oil, sugar and vanilla. Sift together salt, flour and baking powder, add to egg mixture and beat until just incorporated. Add nuts and any other additions at this time, fold in but don?t over-mix. The dough will be sticky, refrigerate for a few hours or longer, if needed. Coat hands with flour and then divide dough into thirds and shape each into long rolls 3 inches wide on a cookie sheet. They can be left straight or shaped into half moons. Bake for 30 minutes or until a little golden.
• Remove from the oven, slice into 1/2-inch slices with a serrated knife and return to cookie sheet. Either lay them flat on the cookie sheet or stand them on their ends. They may be sprinkled with cinnamon sugar at this point. Return to the oven and turn off the heat. Leave them in oven until oven cools or overnight. The longer one leaves them in the oven the harder they will become.

GRANDMA MILDRED'S MANDEL BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cover 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Combine 2 teaspoons white sugar with cinnamon in a small bowl; set aside.
• Combine 1 cup sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract in another bowl. Mix in flour and baking powder.
• Roll dough out into 3 equal-sized logs, about 2 inches wide. Place on one of the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven. Slice each log into 1/2-inch slices. Place slices on their sides on both prepared baking sheets. Return to the oven and continue to bake until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.

MANDELBREAD

Steps:

• Beat eggs and 1 cup sugar together in mixer until blended, add salt and 1/4 cup oil and mix again until blended. Combine 1/4 cup flour and almonds, tossing until coated.
• Add rest of flour mixture to egg mixture alternately with the remaining 3/4 cups oil, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Stir in extracts and almonds until well blended.
• Divide into eight portions and shape each into portions of 8 x 3 inch log shaped portions on lightly greased cookie sheets.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cut each log diagonally into 1/2 inch slices and place slices on their sides. Bake again at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about five minutes. Remove to wire racks and cool. May be sprinkled with sugar before baking.