Recipe: Tasty Greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes"
Recipe: Tasty Greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes"
Greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes". If you haven't tried Greek kourabiedes /kourambiethes (Christmas Greek butter cookies) before, then you are certainly missing out! Soft, fluffy with a crunchy bite and rich almond (or pistachio if you are feeling adventurous) and butter flavour. This super easy kourabiedes recipe (kourambiethes) will.
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Ingredients of Greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes"
- Prepare of Traditional greek christmas sweet "kourabiedes".
- It's 60 grams of corn flour.
- You need 60 grams of icing sugar.
- You need 230 grams of butter.
- You need 230 grams of all purpose flour.
- You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- It's 1 tsp of cinnamon powder.
- You need 1/2 tsp of nutmeg.
- It's 1/2 tsp of clove powder.
- You need 30 grams of pistachio finely chopped.
- You need 30 grams of almond powder.
- You need 30 grams of macadamia powder.
Kourabiedes are known outside of Greece as a cookie, but they are almost too substantial to be called a cookie. They are a shortbread type of sweet. 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. These Greek Butter Cookies (Kourabiedes) usually appear at weddings, birthdays, or various holidays such as Christmas, Easter and other.
Greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes" step by step
- 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.
They are melt-in-your-mouth tender, buttery, with a hint of brandy and cloves. Oh and these beauties are stuffed with pistachios! Kourabiedes or Kourabiethes are almond biscuits or cookies popular in Greece, Cyprus, and Greek communities in Anatolia, as well as across the Greek diaspora. These Kourabiedes have a heart made of loukoumi and pistachios. Well, you should definitely try this recipe!