Mandelbrot ( cookie ) - wikipedia Mandelbrot ( cookie ) This article is about the dessert. For other uses, see Mandelbrot ( disambiguation ). Mandelbrot A sliced loaf of Mandelbrot Cookbook : Mandelbrot Media : Mandelbrot Mandelbrot ( Yiddish : מאַנדעלבראָט ‎ ), with a number of variant spellings, and called mandel bread in English - speaking countries and kamishbrot in Ukraine, is a Jewish cookie popular amongst Eastern European Jews. The Yiddish word mandelbrot literally means almond bread, a reference to its common ingredient of almonds. It is typically formed by baking a loaf which is then cut into small slabs and twice - baked in order to form a crunchy exterior. The cookies were popular in Eastern Europe among rabbis, merchants and other itinerant Jews as a staple dessert that kept well. Its precise origin is unknown, as is its historic relationship with biscotti, a similar Italian cookie. While mandelbrot and biscotti both have a crunchy exterior, mandelbrot is slightly softer than biscotti due to its higher oil and / or butter content. Additional ingredients vary between bakers, but common additions include almonds, walnuts, cinnamon, chocolate chips or diced candied fruit. Mandelbrot is called kamishbrot in Ukraine, and the two terms are often used interchangeably in the United States. See also List of almond dishes List of cookies Food portal References Jump up ^ With del or dl in the middle and t, dt, or d at the end : `` mandelbrot '', `` mandelbrodt '', `` mandelbrod '', `` mandlbrot '', `` mandlbrodt '' ; also reflecting variant pronunciations, such as `` mandelbroit '' Jump up ^ Mandel Broit ( Almond Toast ) Recipe from Jami Borman Jump up ^ Italy Revisited by Mary Melfi Jump up ^ Romanow, Katherine ( 2010 - 07 - 20 ). `` Eating Jewish : Mandelbrot ( Mandel Bread ) ''. Jewesses with Attitude. Archived from the original on 2016 - 04 - 24. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 21. Jump up ^ Nathan, Joan. Jewish Cooking in America. Alfred A. Knopf, 1994, p. 353. Jump up ^ Eisenberg Joyce and Scolnic, Ellen. Dictionary of Jewish Words. Jewish Publication Society, 2006, p. 98 - 99. External links Recipe for Mandelbrot Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mandelbrot_(cookie)&oldid=783075077 '' Categories : Almond dishes Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine Almond cookies Twice - baked goods Hidden categories : Pages using deprecated image syntax Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows Articles containing Yiddish - language text Talk About Wikipedia Asturianu Español Edit links This page was last edited on 31 May 2017, at 00 : 11. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the difference between mandelbrot and biscotti
Answer: mandelbrot is slightly softer than biscotti due to its higher oil and/or butter content.