Not Your Bubbies Mandel Bread Recipes

Steps:

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

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spread almonds onto a baking sheet and toast in preheated oven until fragrant, 6 to 8 minutes. Cool, then coarsely chop the almonds.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Combine butter, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, almond extract, lemon zest, and orange zest in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until well blended. Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter-egg mixture and mix on low speed just until blended. Stir in chopped almonds.
• Divide dough in half. Grease hands to prevent sticking. On prepared baking sheet, shape each half into a flattened log, about 9 inches long, 2 1/2 inches wide, and 1 inch tall.
• Bake in preheated oven until light brown, about 25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool 5 minutes. Slice logs diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Arrange slices flat on baking sheet. Bake until bottoms are lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Flip cookies and bake until other sides are lightly browned, about 10 minutes more.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, beat oil and 1/2 cup sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into oil mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours. , Shape dough into a 12x3-in. rectangle on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool on pan on a wire rack until firm, 10-12 minutes. , Transfer baked rectangle to a cutting board. Using a serrated knife, cut crosswise into 1-in. slices. Place on baking sheet, cut side down. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar, Bake until golden brown, 4-5 minutes on each side. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Store between pieces of waxed paper in an airtight container.

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.

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.