Mandelbrot
Why go to the coffee shop and spend a buck and a half on stale biscotti when you can make a fresh batch of mandelbrot at home? Bubbe would be so proud!
- 3½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon almond or vanilla extract
- ½ cup almonds, finely ground
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
In a separate bowl, use a whisk to combine eggs, oil and extract.
Stir egg mixture into flour mixture until well combined.
Place almonds in a food processor or blender and process until finely ground.
Stir ground almonds and butterscotch chips into dough.
Lightly flour the countertop or a cutting board and knead the dough gently until it's smooth.
Divide dough in half and shape each half into a log about 12 by 2 inches.
Place logs on a cookie sheet, 2 to 3 inches apart, and bake for 30 minutes, until golden brown.
Remove from oven, cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cutting board.- Slice each log, on a diagonal, into 1-inch wide slices.
- Return slices to cookie sheet, cut side up, and return to oven for an additional 15 minutes, until firm and golden brown.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
- Melt chocolate chips in the microwave, according to the instructions on the package and transfer to a durable plastic zipper bag.
- Carefully cut off a small tip of one of the corners of the bag and use it to drizzle the melted chocolate over the cooled cookies.
- Not a fan of butterscotch? Substitute chocolate chips, dried fruit bits, M&M's Minis, macadamia nuts or sliced almonds (anything goes!) for the butterscotch chips.
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