Mandelbrot

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup almonds, finely chopped
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 20 candied red cherries, quartered
• Cinnamon sugar:
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar mixed with 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets.

2.Mix flour, almonds, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.

3. In a medium-size bowl, beat eggs with a fork to blend. Stir in oil, sugar and vanilla. Stir into flour mixture along with the cherries until blended. Divide dough into four pieces.

4. Place 2 pieces dough on each cookie sheet. Shape each into a 12-inch-long log, spaced 6 inches apart. Bake both sheets at one time, rearranging sheets after 11 minutes, 22 to 26 minutes until a pick inserted in center of logs comes out clean.

5. Cool on cookie sheets on wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen logs with a large spatula and slide onto a cutting board. With a serrated knife, cut each log in twenty-four 1/2-inch thick slices. Roll browned tops and bottoms in cinnamon sugar.

6. Reduce oven temperature to 275 degrees F. Stand slices on cookie sheet. Bake 10-15 minutes longer until crisp. Remove to wire rack to cool. Store airtight up to 2 weeks or freeze.

Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Woman's Day/Nov.23, '93
Submitted By: Linda Wilson
lwilson@gatecom.com
Mandelbrot