Tuesdays with Dorie DC: Chocolate Chip Not-Quite Mandelbrot

May 4, 2021 at 7:42 pm | Posted in cookies & bars, DC, groups, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 5 Comments
Tags: baking, cookies

Mandelbrot are Ashkenazi Jewish almond cookies that share a similar shaping and baking method to Italian biscotti. Dorie leaves the nuts out of her Chocolate Chip Not-Quite Mandelbrot and swaps in the mini chips. I didn’t want to buy a bag of mini chips, so I left them out and swapped in a handful of cacao nibs instead (I didn’t measure them). I guess mine are not-quite chocolate chip not quite mandelbrot, but I say it worked nicely.

The dough is baked first as a cinnamon sugar-sprinkled (yum!) log, then sliced, sprinkled with more cinnamon sugar (more yum!) and baked again. The baking method is just like biscotti, but Dorie describes these mandelbrot as cakey, not dry and hard. Hmmm…”cakey” makes me think she means them to be soft, but mine were definitely dry and crisp after the second bake. They were not hard, though, and they were much easier and more pleasant to eat than some biscotti, which you almost have to dunk in coffee in order to not scrape up the roof of your mouth. Also, they sliced like a dream– with no cursing! I liked these very much, and even though I didn’t get quite as many as I should have from the stated yield, with just a third of the recipe, I was set for the week with coffee treats.

For the recipe, see Dorie’s Cookies by Dorie Greenspan. It’s also here. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll!

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I’m pleased to hear they slice like a dream! These look so great Steph – I can’t wait to make them!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— May 5, 2021 #

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We loved these too…and I agree, not what I would call “cake” but definitely not as hard as biscotti…which was a hit around here.

Comment by isthisakeeper— May 5, 2021 #

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These do look delicious! Now, for a cup of coffee to dunk them in!

Comment by Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen— May 5, 2021 #

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These seem to be a hit with everyone. I am looking forward to hear what my German mother-in-law thinks of them.

Comment by Diane Zwang— May 8, 2021 #

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I really liked these. Your presentation in the tin is adorable.

Comment by Cakelaw— May 15, 2021 #

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