When I was a kid, my grandmother used to play so many different memorable games with us. My favorite was “Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?” It was more of a singalong than a game, but we played it in the car all the time and it’s something that has stuck with me very closely over the years. Sadly, my sweet grandmother has passed on, but not her memories. For this post, I recreated her famous mandel bread recipe (something we call “Mandelbrot”) to honor her. It’s a crunchy, cookie-like dessert that I know you’ll love just as much as I do. Her recipe is the best and I’m super excited to share with you all something from my roots.
Yields
Ingredients
1=1/2 cup organic cane sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 cups chopped pecans
4 Tbsp. egg replacer + 8 Tbsp. filtered water
2 tsp. vanilla extract
4 cups all-purpose organic flour
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a stand mixer, mix sugar and oil together. Add the egg replacer slowly until well combined. Mix in the vanilla and pecans. Add the flour until the dough is stiff and form into 4 round balls – pat into strips.
- Bake 20 to 23 minutes. When strips begin to brown, remove and slice into pieces- return back to the oven and brown again. Bake for an additional 12 to 15 minutes.
Chef’s tip: Wet your finger tips when molding the dough in to the strips, it will help.
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