Michael's Mandel Bread

This isn’t your grandma’s mandel bread! Also known as mandelbrot, this traditional Jewish treat usually bears a close resemblance to Italian biscotti – it’s baked twice, so it’s hard and crunchy. But for Michael Reiss, a Miami-based general contractor and avid baker, the double-baked mandel bread that he grew up eating just wasn’t doing it for him any more. So with plenty of tinkering (and a lot of love), Michael developed a single-baked mandel bread that’s soft, tender, cakey, and cookie-like, and unlike anything else on the market.

After perfecting his mandel bread recipe, Michael sold it at local shops and gave it away to friends until his daughter, Kimberly, eventually convinced him to start selling it online – and we’re thankful for that! This unique mandel bread is equally ideal as a crowd-pleasing standalone dessert, with a scoop of ice cream, or as an accompaniment to your morning coffee, and now it’s shipping nationwide!