Sesame Greek Easter Cookies (Koulourakia)
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- Ready In:
- 22mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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48 cookies
ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup orange juice
- 6 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 egg, beaten (mixed with the milk)
- 7 tablespoons milk
directions
- Cream butter. Add sugar gradually.
- Add eggs one at a time alternately with orange juice.
- Add flour that has been sifted with soda and baking powder, a little bit at a time. Should be a soft dough.
- Shape as desired and brush with egg and milk mixture. Traditional Greek cookies are 2 small strands of dough twisted together and brushed with egg-milk mixture and sprinkled with sesame seed.
- Use greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees to 400 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.
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Tweaks
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1C.Unsalted Butter room temp,1C.Sugar cream together in Lg.Bowl.(Also you can dust in powdered sugar when cookies cool if would like them sweeter,& 1/2C.Sugar instead of 1C.to cut down on calories.)Add 3 Room temp egg yokes set aside the whites.Add 1/3C.Orange,Lemon,or Lime Juice even Apple Juice.Add 2tsp.Baking Powder & instead of 6C.Flour 3C.Take Egg Whites beat til stiff add 1/4tsp.Cream of Tartar & 3 Tablespoons Sugar.Fold into the cookie batter mixture.Make into the braids & spray with butter spray sprinkle with Finely Crushed Pistachios/Walnuts/Sesame seeds.Bake 325 for 12-15 minutes on tin foil lined butter sprayed cookie sheet.