Mandelbrodt, Mandelbrot, or anglicized to Mandelbread, is a dessert associated with Eastern European Jews. Mandelbrodt literally means almond bread, though it can be made with other ingredients as well (when made with walnuts, it is often called k'mish bread). It is a twice-baked cake that is essentially identical to Italian biscotti, and it is usually made into a loaf and sliced like hard bread. They are called kamishbrot in the Ukraine. Its precise origin is unknown, as is its historic relationship with "biscotti" -- purely generic term that means only bisquits or cookies.
