Greek Butter Cookies (Kourambiedes)
- Total Time
- 50 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1pound unsalted butter
- 1egg
- 1teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2teaspoons baking powder
- 4teaspoons confectioners' sugar
- ½cup crushed walnuts
- 1pound flour, sifted
- Additional confectioners' sugar for sprinkling
Nutritional analysis per serving (60 servings)
91 calories; 7 grams fat; 4 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 2 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 6 grams carbohydrates; 0 grams dietary fiber; 0 grams sugars; 1 gram protein; 14 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With an electric mixer, whip the butter until creamy. Add the egg, vanilla extract, baking powder, sugar and nuts. Mix thoroughly.
- Step 2
Add the flour until the dough becomes too stiff to beat with a mixer. By hand, add flour and knead until dough is smooth and rolls off your fingers without sticking.
- Step 3
Roll the dough out by hand into a cylinder roughly one inch in diameter and eight inches long. Cut diagonally into one-and-a-half-inch pieces. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the bottoms of the cookies are golden brown. Let the cookies cool and sprinkle them generously with confectioners' sugar.
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I followed this recipe to a T and the cookies were awful. They were so granular from all the flour, and not sweet at all (even with powdered sugar on top). Baker beware! Try another recipe for these snowballs.
I followed this recipe to a T and the cookies were awful. They were so granular from all the flour, and not sweet at all (even with powdered sugar on top). Baker beware! Try another recipe for these snowballs.
I have been baking these for years. The best!