Greek butter cookies
Sugar coated butter cookies are very well liked in Greece.
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, and egg until light and fluffy. Blend in vanilla and almond extracts.
Add flour mixture to creamed butter and mix until a soft dough has been formed.
Take 1 teaspoon dough and model with your hands your preferred cookie shape - round, half moon, crescent.
Place cookies on a baking sheet, keeping them about 2 inches apart.
Bake on middle rack for about 15 minutes,
Remove cookies and cool on wire rack for 5 minutes.
Sprinkle powdered sugar over cookies.
Notes
The cookies should be barely brown around the edges.
Although the traditional method seems to roll the cookies in powdered sugar, use a flour sifter or a small colander to sprinkle the powdered sugar on top of the cookies to get an even coat with a reduced calorie count.
To vary the flavor, add 1/4 cup chopped blanched almonds to the soft dough on step 3. Other tried and tested flavorings are rose water, Greek liquor such as ouzo, and lemon or orange zest.
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Cookies are topped with one whole clove each on Christmas. These cloves represent the spices brought to the baby Jesus by the Wise Men.
Food in Greece