Mandel Bread

Mandelbrot (Yiddish: מאַנדלברויט), with a number of variant spellings, and called mandel bread or kamish in English-speaking countries and kamishbrot in Ukraine, is a type of cookie found in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine and popular amongst Eastern European Jews. The Yiddish word mandlbroyt literally means almond bread, a reference to its common ingredient of almonds. It is typically formed by baking a loaf which is then cut into small slabs and twice-baked in order to form a crunchy exterior. The cookies were popular in Eastern Europe among rabbis, merchants and other itinerant Jews as a staple dessert that kept well.

'I grew up in Brooklyn, NY, in the 1970s-1980s. Jewish bakeries like Teena's on Ralph Ave sold chocolate chip Mandel bread by the loaf. Looking for a recipe.

It's been years since they closed and nothing compares. It had almond flavor and was crumbly yet tender.

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