Passover Choco-Nut Mandel Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter , softened
• 6 large eggs
• 2.75 cups matzo cake meal
• 0.75 cups potato starch
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets or line with parchment paper.

2. 2

   Beat together sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Mix in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift together matzo cake meal, potato starch, and salt in a separate bowl; stir into butter mixture until just blended. Gently mix in walnuts and chocolate chips until evenly distributed. Wrap dough and chill briefly in the refrigerator until easy to handle.

3. 3

   Divide dough in half and form each half into a 5-inch-wide loaf about 1-inch thick. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the top.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack, then slice into 1-inch cookies to serve.