Ghraybeh (Butter Cookies) Middle East, Palestine

Name: Ghraybeh (Butter Cookies) Middle East, Palestine
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 20-25 cookies, 20 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup rendered butter, refrigerated or 1 cup unsalted butter; 1 cup powdered sugar; 2 -2 1/2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon orange blossom water (optional); 1/2 cup blanched almond

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Recipe by Palis Favorites

These are an easy cookie to make, and look great on a holiday platter for the eid!

READY IN: 45mins

SERVES: 20

YIELD: 20-25 cookies

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

cup rendered butter, refrigerated or 1 cup unsalted butter
1

cup powdered sugar
2 - 2 ¹⁄₂

cups flour
1

teaspoon orange blossom water (optional)
¹⁄₂

cup blanched almond

DIRECTIONS

Beat butter, sugar, and orange blossom water thoroughly with a mixer. Add flour gradually and mix well.
Form small cookies into an S shape, with each cookie being about a couple inches in size, give or take.
Press a blanched almond in the center of each S cookie. Place on cookie sheets and bake at 300 degrees in a preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Avoid browning.