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Preparation info
  • Four

    12 oz Mandelbrot Logs
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
It's a Sweet World: Recipes from Around the Globe at Bea’s Bakery

By Lenny Rosenberg and Adaeze Nwanonyiri

Published 2025

  • About

Almond paste features in so many of our most popular items because it is such a great all-round ingredient that adds a distinctive taste as well as protein and goodness. Mandelbrot, a lighter, fluffier version of Italian biscotti, is so called because the Yiddish word for almonds is mandl.

Enjoyed by the Jews of Eastern Europe for two centuries since it originated in Germany, via Italy’s Jewish population, mandelbrot is often prepared for the Sabbath and is especially popular