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    Gluten Free Mandel Bread

    BY: Courtney PUBLISHED: Dec 8, 2021 10 Comments UPDATED ON: Dec 15, 2021

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    Gluten-Free Mandel bread is a delicious twice-baked Jewish cookie that is similar to biscotti cookies. And now enjoy during the Jewish holidays even if you can’t have gluten!

    sliced gluten free mandel bread in a glass bowl

    Mandel bread is one of our go-to Jewish desserts. It’s easy to make and can be enjoyed any time of the day really.

    I’ve altered my grandma and aunt Beth’s mandel bread recipe to actually make it gluten-free. My gluten-free flour of choice is Bob’s Red Mill 1 to 1 baking flour. Some come out a bit drier, but you can add an extra egg if needed to counteract the dry and crumbly sand texture. The extra egg is a good fat to moisten and bring the dough together.

    We usually enjoy mandel bread as soon as it’s cool, but I find that this gluten-free mandel bread recipe tastes best a day later. For example, I’ll make it the night before and it’s good in the morning.

    gluten free mandel bread pieces in a glass bowl

    Gluten free mandel bread will also need to cook a little less. We still twice bake the cookies but we do it for a maximum of 15 minutes for the second bake.

    Recipe tips:

    • Carefully cut the mandel bread as it can be a little more fragile than regular mandel bread. We recommend using a stainless steel scrapper or our personal favorite, a pizza cutter.
    • Gluten free products are best enjoyed fresh. If you want to make less we suggest halving or even making 1/3 of this recipe.
    • If your flour tends to be drier you should add 1 whole egg to the recipe.
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    sliced gluten free mandel bread in a glass bowl

    Gluten-Free Mandel Bread Recipe

    Author: Courtney
    Gluten-Free Mandel bread is a delicious twice-baked Jewish cookie that is similar to biscotti cookies. And now enjoy during the Jewish holidays even if you can't have gluten!
    5 from 5 votes

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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Jewish
    Keyword: gluten free mandel bread, gluten free mandelbrot
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 50 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes
    Servings: 30 servings
    Calories: 148kcal

    Ingredients

    • 3 cup gluten free flour
    • 3/4 cup oil
    • 3/4 cup sugar
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • 3 eggs
    • 1 cup chocolate chips or a mixture of dried fruit nuts, chocolate
    • 2 teaspoons cinnamon sugar if desired
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    Instructions

    • In a bowl combine the gluten-free flour, baking powder, and cinnamon.
    • In another large-sized bowl combine the vegetable oil, sugar, vanilla, and eggs. Mix until mixture becomes thicker and light yellow.
    • Combine the wet and dry mixture and mix until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips and any dried fruit or nuts.
    • Place a cover on the bowl with the mandel bread dough and refrigerate for around 1-2 hours.
    • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
    • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a reusable silicone mat.
    • Form the dough into 3 4" wide rectangles with the dough about 1/2-3/4" high onto the baking sheets Bake for 20-25 minutes.
    • Remove the baking sheets from the oven and allow the mandel bread to cool for 15-20 minutes. Lower your oven temperature to 250 degrees F.
    • Once the mandel bread has cooled cut it width-wise into 3/4 inch thick slices on a cutting board to prevent cutting your baking sheet. Carefully cut as it can be a little more fragile than regular mandel bread. Now is the time to sprinkle with cinnamon sugar if you like yours with that extra sweetness and hint of cinnamon. Return the mandel bread back to the oven and bake until it's golden, about 15 minutes.
    • Remove the mandel bread from the oven and place on a cooling rack and allow it to cool before enjoying. The cookies will harden as they cool.

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1serving | Calories: 148kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 20mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 37IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 1mg

    The nutritional information is automatically calculated and can vary based ingredients and products used. If the nutrition numbers are important for you we recommend calculating them yourself.

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    Comments

    1. Sharon

      April 14, 2022 at 12:42 pm

      I’m just started making this and noticing that Salt isn’t specified in the Ingredients list. I’ll try with a typical 1/4tsp and report back.

      Reply
      • Courtney

        April 14, 2022 at 6:51 pm

        Hi Sharon, we do not use salt as our recipe doesn’t have as much sugar. For us, salt isn’t needed. I hope you enjoy it!! 🙂

    2. Shari

      October 22, 2022 at 7:11 pm

      What gluten free all purpose flour do you use? They are all so different.

      Reply
      • Courtney

        October 22, 2022 at 8:52 pm

        We use Bob’s gluten free 1to1 baking flour Be sure to read the post we have a lot of helpful info 🙂

    3. Sharon R

      April 02, 2023 at 10:50 pm

      Hi Courtney,
      I’ll start by saying the mandel bread turned out great!
      BUT here’s my wish list:
      1)I wish you would mention what flours you have used to test the recipe, I used cup4cup
      2) I wish you would give the measurements in grams, it’s much more accurate for gluten-free baking and easier to divide the recipe. I did the math based on the packaging on the cup4cup bag to come up with the weight in grams-a bit more than your cups.
      3) I found that 250° oven for drying the cookies after baking them was not nearly hot enough… I turned it to 350 and watch them closely.
      4) I did not add cinnamon to the batter, I sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar after slicing before putting them back in the oven.
      5) I don’t know if I’m the Sharon, who wrote in before about the amount of salt but, your instructions call for salt and you don’t give an amount
      Thank you!

      Reply
      • Courtney

        April 03, 2023 at 9:10 am

        I am glad they turned out well for you! We tested our favorite gluten-free flour against King Arthur and Namaste. 🙂 Thank you for catching the salt! I removed it from the list but forgot it in the directions as I didn’t feel it needed the added sodium. I have tried to use conversion calculators for grams, but they haven’t been accurate. Unfortunately, Namaste flour is the only safe flour for my food allergy kiddo, so we cannot weigh this particular flour we recommend. Thank you for the tips and suggestions, though. I’ll be doing more recipes with namaste soon, currently working on perfecting the chocolate chip cookie. Ideally, we want it to retain moisture, so we didn’t do too long with the bake time or too high for the mandel bread. 🙂

      • Marie

        December 16, 2023 at 4:33 pm

        One tip that I can offer is to lift the whole “log” onto a cutting board and cut the mandelbroit while it is still hot. Less breakage that way. Transfer it back to the pan or rack in cut sections.

      • Courtney

        December 17, 2023 at 11:53 am

        Great tip! We didn’t have much issues with any crumbling or breakage with Bob’s flour when testing but I know all gluten free flour differs! 🙂

    4. Deena

      September 15, 2023 at 8:02 am

      Hi Courtney, couldn’t I use almond flour in place of gluten-free flour? Would you know how to convert the recipe using almond flour? Does it change the amount of flour and sugar you use?

      Thanks so much! Deena

      Reply
      • Courtney

        September 15, 2023 at 8:30 am

        Hi Deena! We have not tried this recipe with plain almond flour, unfortunately the measurements would be different so we cannot advise on that.

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