Mandelbread

Ingredients 6 eggs 2 1/2 cups sugar 1 1/2 cups oil 3 teaspoons vanilla 6 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder Salt 2 cups nuts, chopped 3 teaspoons almond extract 1/2 cup orange juice

Instructions

Combine all ingredients to form moderately stiff dough that you can form into loaves with your hands. If too soft, gradually add flour until in can be formed into long, flat loaves about 3 inches wide on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes at 375. Slice and toast in oven at 300 for 1/2 hour.

Description This is a traditional version of mandelbread/

Notes Dried fruits such as raisins can be added. I also like to add the candied cherries which are usually available around Christmas time. The dried fruits remind me of the mandelbread that my dad bought at a bakery in New Haven so I like to add them for the good memories.

Source Lenore Litwin, my cousin