Annas Mandelbrot Recipe - vegetable oil

Method

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine oil, Large eggs and sugar; mix by hand.
• In a separate bowl, combine baking pwdr, flour and salt; mix well.
• Add in the flour mix to the egg mix and mix well.
• Then add in the almond extract, walnuts and poppy seeds, blending after each addition.
• Batter will be stiff.
• Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Spread batter into pan.
• Bake 20 to 30 min, till golden brown.
• Let cold.
• When cold, remove bread from pan and cut into 3/4 -inch slices.
• Spray cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray and place the slices on cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 to 12 min till hard.
• Remove from oven and turn mandelbrot over, then bake 10 to 12 min more.
• They should be hard to the touch.
• Makes about 12 cookies.
• These get better after a few days.
• If desired, one end of the cookies can be dipped in melted chocolate.
• They are also delicious plain.
• Here is the recipe for mandelbrot - a crisp cookie like biscotti - which I remember from my childhood.
• My grandmother, Anna Needles, was a wonderful baker.
• Not only did everything taste delicious, but it always looked so appealing.
• She only made the mandelbrot around Hanukkah, so we looked forward to them every year.
• I have updated the recipe just a little.
• We sell these in the bakery, and they are one of our most popular items.
• Etta Miller, owner of Baked by Etta in San