Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes". One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Easiest homemade kourabiedes recipe / Greek Butter cookies. Kourabiedes (kourambiethes) are these delicious traditional Greek butter cookies, packed with the aromas of roasted almonds and fresh butter and garnished with luscious layers of icing sugar. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes" using 12 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes":
- Make ready Traditional greek christmas sweet "kourabiedes"
- Prepare 60 grams corn flour
- Prepare 60 grams icing sugar
- Prepare 230 grams butter
- Make ready 230 grams all purpose flour
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Take 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- Get 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- Prepare 1/2 tsp clove powder
- Prepare 30 grams pistachio finely chopped
- Make ready 30 grams almond powder
- Prepare 30 grams macadamia powder
In Greece two of the most popular desserts that are made during the holiday season are kourabiedes and melomakarona. Kourabiedes are known outside of Greece as a cookie, but they are almost too substantial to be called a cookie. Immediately upon removing the cookies from the oven, sprinkle them with the ouzo, rosewater or orange flower water. You may need to bake the Kourabiedes cookies in batches.
Steps to make Greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes":
- preheat the oven to 160°F celcius
- combine room temperature butter with icing sugar and beat with mixer
- add the vanilla essence
- add the corn flour
- add the flour
- knit gently and shape it into long sausage
- wrap with cling film and chill for an bour
- prepare stuffing ingredients
- mix the nuts and add in the mixture the spices
- put at side and remove the soft dough from the chiller
- cut into equal size portions
- press in the center of each piece to create a "nest" and place a small ammoynt of the stuffing
- shape gently into a ball
- place it on the tray
- continue the same way with the rest of the dough pieces
- place them in the oven and bake for 17-20 min until light golden colour
- cool on a wire rack
- dust with icing sugar and serve
Let the Kourabiedes cool completely in the pan or on a wire cooling rack. Place cookies on waxed or parchment paper. Store cookies in an airtight container. In a bowl, sift the flour, baking powder and salt and set aside. Traditionally baked for Christmas and Easter festivities, these buttery shortbread cookies call for a trio of classic Greek ingredients: almonds, honey, and a special liqueur made from the resin of the mastic tree.
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