Festival Kourambedes (Greek Wedding Cookies)
Category: Cookies
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Serves/Makes: 60
Ready in: 30-60 minutes
- 1 pound unsalted butter
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 2 tablespoons cognac or brandy
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 cups flour (more as needed)
- 1 cup chopped almonds, pecans or walnuts
- additional confectioners' sugar
Beat butter and sugar until very fluffy, almost white. Add egg yolks, and beat. Add vanilla, almond flavoring and cognac; beat. Mix baking powder with a little flour, and add to butter mixture. (This distributes baking powder evenly.) Add nuts. Add flour, a cup at a time, until you have a medium-thick dough that isn't sticky and feels like Play-Doh. Form into crescent shapes. Bake 20 to 22 minutes at 350 degrees F, to a pale, golden brown. Dust with additional confectioners' sugar. When cool, dust again. (The first coating ensures the sugar sticks.) Recipe Source: Tampa Tribune
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