Monday, December 8, 2008

Nana's mandelbread

My second recipe is Nana's mandelbread. In order for me to write down something that resembled a recipe, I had to watch her make this and measure as she threw the ingredients into the bowl. I'm amazed that I was able to get this on paper:

6 eggs
dash salt
1 1/2 c sugar
Beat these ingredients. Add and beat:
1 c Peanut oil
2 tsp almond flavoring
1 tsp vanilla
4 c flour (I use 3 c white flour and 1 c wheat) as Nana threw in handfuls of flour, she said "Do this twice. Ah, do it again".
2 tsp baking powder
pinch of baking soda
1 c chopped walnuts

Put dough on baking sheet in blobs. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes or until golden brown on top. Slice cookies in mandelbread shape (!) while warm. Turn cookies on side and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and bake an additional 10ish minutes. Scientific, it isn't. However, it does taste just like Nana's mandelbread.

1 comment:

Denise Johnson said...

The recipe for mandelbread that I got from Nana is so different from the one that you have. We have the same Nana… how did that happen? by Shawnie