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Kourabiedes - Christmas Cookies Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Ivy / All my dishes 7 months ago Christmas is nearly here and in Greece melomakarona and kourapiedes are the most popular among the sweets. It’s impossible for us to image Christmas without them. In a few days the platters will be full of them and the bakeries and confectionarie... More Prep:45m Cook:30m Servings:80	Ivy
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Kourabiedes

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Ingredients

Traditional recipe

1 tin of spry or ½ kilo milk butter

2 spoonfuls of orange juice

2 egg yolks

1 vanilla

1 small cup of brandy

1 glass of frosting sugar

7 – 8 glasses of all purpose flour

2 spoonfuls of baking power

2 glasses of blanched and roasted almonds, cut in small pieces

1 spoonful of soda

Extra frosting sugar for coating

Blossom or rose water

Directions

We beat the butter with sugar at high speed. We reduce speed and add egg yolks one at a time, until mixture is light and fluffy.

Dissolve soda with brandy and orange juice and add to mixture. Beat for 2 – 3 minutes.

Mix flour with vanilla and baking powder. Change the mixer paddle to the one for dough or start kneading by hand and add flour gradually. When the dough is ready, should be as if it needs more flour, add the almonds and mix.

Take a small amount of dough and shape them round, oval or crescent shaped. Place in a buttered tin and preheat oven to 180 degrees centigrade and bake for about 30 minutes.

As soon as they are ready we spray or sprinkle some rose water and then sieve the frosting sugar on both sides and place in parchment paper and let them cool. Then transfer into a platter.

Stuffed kourabiedes with dates and almonds

Make one dosage of traditional kourapiedes without adding the almonds in the dough.

Ingredients

½ kilo of dates, stoned and finely chopped

1- 1 ½ cups of almonds finely chopped and roasted

4 – 5 spoonfuls of sugar

¼ spoonful of ground cloves

½ spoonful of cinnamon

3 spoonfuls of spry or butter

2 spoonfuls of rose water

Directions

Place butter dates, almonds, sugar, cinnamon and cloves in a small pan and put over moderate heat until butter melts. Lower heat and continue stirring until the mixture softens and mixes. Add rose water and stir two or three times. Place mixture in bowl and let it cool down. Meantime prepare the dough as given for the traditional kourapiedes. Take a small amount of dough and flatten it with your hands. Place a small amount of filling and fold to cover filling. Shape as you like and proceed with procedure given in the other recipe.

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ahmed1 7 months ago said:
This is a new recipe for those ones.I have to try it soon..

mumtazcatering 7 months ago said:
Hi ivy
looks divine can i add more orange juice instead of the brandy
thanks
mumtaz

suzakel 7 months ago said:
These sound very interesting! Do you think Spry and buttermilk might be the same thing? Is it a thick liquid?

lindacm 6 months, 4 weeks ago said:
These are staples for a Greek christmas! My mum used to stick a whole clove in each cookie for additional flavour. Smelled great when it's cooking!

georgina 6 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Ivy, Many thanks for this recipe. I followed it and cooked some very tasty kourapiedes to add to the table on Christmas day. My cypriot family tried them and absolutely loved them. I will follow your koupes recipe and cook some today and plan to follow more of your recipes on the kopiaste.blogspot.com website.

Thanks again
Georgina

ivy 6 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Glad you liked them Georgina and enjoy them.

georgina 6 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Hi Ivy, do you know where I can find a cypriot bread recipe?

Georgina

ivy 6 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Georgina unfortunately I do not have a recipe for Cypriot bread. However the main ingredients are wheat flour (ask for bread flour) salt, oil, yeast of leavening agent and water. Followo the procedure in my recipe for Christopsomo or Christmas Bread. I have tried this recipe without the nuts and dried fruit and it was great.

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