Kourabiedes (Greece): Walnut Sugar Cookies

Name: Kourabiedes (Greece): Walnut Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 Tbsp brandy; 118 milliliters confectioners sugar; 177 milliliters confectioners sugar; 1 large egg yolk; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsp orange flower water; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 177 milliliters walnuts

Kourabiedes (Greece): Walnut Sugar Cookies

Kourabiedes (Greece): Walnut Sugar Cookies is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 50 minutes.

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Toast the walnuts until golden brown and fragrant, about 6 minutes.

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Walnuts

Toast

Let cool, then chop about half of the nuts (you should have about 1/2 cup chopped). Pulse the remaining nuts in the food processor until finely ground (about 1/4 cup ground).

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Nuts

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Food Processor

Stir the flour, baking powder, salt and nuts together in a medium bowl. Set aside.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Nuts

Salt

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Bowl

In another medium bowl, beat the butter, sugar, egg yolk, brandy and vanilla extract together with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until the mixture gets light and fluffy, about 10 minutes.

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Vanilla Extract

Egg Yolk

Brandy

Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

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At low speed, stir in the nut mixture to make a crumbly dough. Cover the bowl and set dough aside at room temperature for 1 hour.

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Dough

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Bowl

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment or coat with nonstick spray.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

With a tablespoon, scoop out 1-inch pieces of dough and roll into balls between the palms of your hands. Pinch the ends of the balls to make a football shape.

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Dough

Roll

Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheets.

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Baking Sheet

Bake until the cookies set and start to brown, about 18 minutes.

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Oven

Remove cookies from the oven and immediately sprinkle them lightly with the orange water. (If you don't have a brush, simply dip your fingers into the water and flick it over the cookies a few times.) Take care not to douse them, just enough for them to carry the scent of flowers.

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Orange

Water

Dip

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Oven

Put the confectioners' sugar in a bag, and add 5 to 6 of the warm cookies to it. Very gently toss the cookies to coat with sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Sugar

Remove them from the bag and cool cookies on a rack. Repeat with remaining cookies.

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Serve.

Busy baker's tips: Dough can be frozen for up to 2 weeks. Store baked cookies in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

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Dough

Baked cookies can be wrapped in plastic, then aluminum foil, for up to 2 weeks. To serve, let cookies come to room temperature before dusting with confectioners' sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

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Aluminum Foil