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Gluten-free Mandel Bread

 

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Gluten-free Mandel Bread

Course Dessert, Snack
Author Cleveland Jewish News, May 8, 2009, p. 29

Ingredients

  • 2 3/4 cup all-purpose glluten-free flour
  • 1/2 cup sweet rice flour available at Asian grocery stores
  • 1 cup almond meal
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp xanthum gum
  • 1 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • several handfuls sliced almonds

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350o.
  • Combine dry ingredients (except sugar) in a medium bowl.
  • In another bowl, whisk together sugar and oil before adding the eggs, cinnamon, and almond and vanilla extracts and beating well.
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry, blending with an electric mixer, creating a fairly thick dough.
  • Roll cookies into 4 logs and top with sliced almonds.
  • Bake for 35 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Let cool for 10 minutes, slice into 1 inch sections, and bake again - standing the cookies up so they cook evenly - for 10 minutes.
  • Let cool completely for ultimate crispness.
  • Enjoy, and marvel that these amazing mandelbrot are gluten-free.

Notes

See Also:
Easy Gluten Free Mandel Bread
Bubbe's Mandelbrot