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Koulourakia (greek easter cookies)
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Grandma's recipe
Servings: ~8 dozen
Servings: ~8 dozen
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup Milk
- 6 tsp baking powder
- 6 Eggs for dough
- 1 to 2 egg yolks for wash
- 1 ½ cup sugar
- 9 cups sifted cake flour
- 6 tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Steps
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, and beat until lightly colored. Add the milk, almond + vanilla extracts, and baking powder. Mixing as you add.
- Add the flour, a little at a time, while mixing, until you have a soft, but not sticky, dough.
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill 45 min.
- While your dough is resting, preheat your oven to 300F
- Once the dough has rested, dip your fingers in a little flour and pinch off a 1 inch ball of dough. Roll the ball into a 5 to 7" rope ~¼" thick on a lightly floured surface. Fold the rope in half and twist the two strands together to form the cookie. Continue with the remaining dough.
- Place the shaped cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet, 1 inch apart.
- Brush each cookie with the egg wash (1 egg beaten with 1 Tbsp water). Sprinkle the cookies with sesame seeds, if desired.
- Bake the cookies for ~30 minutes, rotating your baking sheet halfway through baking time for more even cooking. Cookies are done when they are lightly golden.
- Let the koulourakia cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store the cooled cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks.
- (This recipe makes a lot of koulourakia) so, if you need to, just cover any excess dough while your first batch bakes, so it doesn’t dry out.)
Notes
- Can also bake at 400 for 20 minutes
- Original recipe calls for 12 cups cake flour and 3 tsp almond/vanilla