Mandel Bread (Kosher for Passover)

Passover mandel bread on a serving platter.

Mandel Bread (Mandelbrot) is a twice-baked, traditional Jewish cookie that's similar to Italian biscotti. They're finished with a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar and made with Kosher for Passover ingredients. Enjoy for breakfast or dessert!

Course Bread, Dessert

Cuisine American, Jewish

Diet Kosher, Low Lactose, Vegetarian

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 45

Total Time 1

Servings cookies

Calories 194kcal

Author Alana Lieberman

Cost $15

Equipment

Ingredients

1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ¼ cups cake meal kosher for passover
1 cup potato starch kosher for passover
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ cup mini semisweet chocolate chips (use dairy free to keep this recipe pareve) SEE NOTE

For Cinnamon Sugar Topping

½ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
Whisk together oil, vanilla, and eggs in a mixing bowl.
Add cake meal, potato starch, 1 cup sugar, and salt to the bowl of your stand mixer fit with the paddle attachment. Mix to combine.
Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Beat on medium low until just combined.
Using a rubber spatula, fold in chocolate chips.
Split the dough in half evenly. Form a long, flat loaf with each half of the dough. Place loaves side by side on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 35 minutes. (My loaves measured 10 ½-inches long, 4-inches wide, and ½-inch tall.)
While loaves are baking, mix together ½ cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon for the cinnamon sugar topping in a small bowl.
Remove loaves from the oven. Cut each loaf into ½-inch to 1-inch thick slices. I had 26 total.
Turn the pieces of mandel bread on their side. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake for 5 more minutes.
Remove from the oven, turn the pieces onto the other side. Sprinkle again with cinnamon sugar and bake for a final 5 minutes, or until golden brown.

Notes

I highly recommend using mini chocolate chips. This mandel bread is pretty fragile when you initially cut it. The smaller chips help keep it together because they are easier to cut through. Regular sized chocolate chips will make the bread more crumbly.
Cake meal is a common flour substitute used during Passover. It is made of ground matzo meal and can be found in the Kosher aisle of the grocery store. In some stores, it may only be sold right before or during Passover.
Potato starch is also a common flour substitute. It is often used with cake meal to help provide a better texture in baked goods. Corn starch would work too. However, some do not consider corn to be kosher for passover.

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