Kourabiedes Recipe
Kourambiedes is a delicious snack recipe that you will simply love to serve to your loved ones. I am sure, once you try this Kourambiedes, you will always crave for some more.
Ingredients
2 cups sweet butter, at room temperature
Confectioners' sugar
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 tablespoons cognac or brandy
4 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted twice
Whole cloves (optional)
Directions
1. Cream the butter in an electric mixer until thick and lemon-colored. Sift three-quarters cup confectioners' sugar and add it gradually to the butter. Add egg yolk, creaming well. Add cognac.
2. Gradually work in the flour to make a soft dough that will roll easily in the palm of the hand without sticking. If sticky, refrigerate the dough for one hour.
3. Preheat oven to moderate (350° F.).
4. Pat and shape the dough into balls one and one-half inches in diameter. If desired, stud each cake with a whole clove.
5. Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake until sandy colored (not brown), about fifteen minutes. Cool and sift over generously with confectioners' sugar.
2. Gradually work in the flour to make a soft dough that will roll easily in the palm of the hand without sticking. If sticky, refrigerate the dough for one hour.
3. Preheat oven to moderate (350° F.).
4. Pat and shape the dough into balls one and one-half inches in diameter. If desired, stud each cake with a whole clove.
5. Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake until sandy colored (not brown), about fifteen minutes. Cool and sift over generously with confectioners' sugar.
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