Greek Cookies With Confectioners' Sugar (Kourabiedes)
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
75 cookies
ingredients
- 1 lb whipped butter (softened)
- 3⁄4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons brandy or 2 tablespoons whiskey
- 4 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- confectioners' sugar (for dusting)
- 1 cup almonds, finely chopped (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Whip butter until white.
- Slowly add sugar, vanilla, and brandy.
- Gradually add flour, 1 cup at a time.
- Shape cookies by rolling into balls (about the size of a meatball), then gently press your thumb into the top of the cookie and twist slightly.
- This will help flatten the cookie just a bit.
- Place cookies on a cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes or until the cookies are sand colored.
- Sift confectioner's sugar onto a large sheet of wax paper.
- Upon removing cookies from oven, carefully place on sugar and sift additional sugar to cover the tops and sides of cookies.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
diamonds4heather
Los Angeles, California
I took the California Bar exam in July 2006 and am awaiting my results.