Chocolate Chip Mandel Bread

3 c. flour
2 t. baking powder
1 c. sugar
3 eggs
3/4 c. oil
2 t. vanilla
1 c. chopped almonds
1/2 c. chocolate chips
cinnamon, sugar

Combine all the dry ingredients. Make a hole in the middle and add the eggs, oil and vanilla. Mix by hand, until well blended. (This mixture is too thick to use a mixer.) Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts. Divide the mixture into 4 parts and pat each into a loaf shape about 2" wide by 16" long on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes. (After the first 10 minutes, gently push back the edges of the loaves to keep spreading to a minimum.) Slice hot mandel bread into 1" slices, and turn them on their sides. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and bake for an additional 5 minutes. Repeat with the other side.

This recipe is from my mother-in-law, Eleanor Simon.