Greekcognaccookies Recipes

GREEK COGNAC COOKIES

Steps:

• Place butter in mixer bowl and mix until smooth.
• Scrape down sides and gradually add the sugar, and blend until well incorporated.
• Scrape down sides and add the egg yolk and cognac, and mix well.
• Gradually add the flour and mix until well combined.
• Cover with waxed paper or plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 3-4 hours, or freeze up to 2 weeks.
• Preheat oven to 325º.
• To form the cookies, break off small pieces and roll into 1-inch balls.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake until very lightly browned, about 20-25 minutes.
• Cool for 2 minutes and remove to a rack.
• When cooled, sprinkle with additional confectioners' sugar.

GREEK HONEY COOKIES (MELOMAKARONA)

Steps:

• Cream butter and oil until completely mixed, add confectioner's sugar, add orange juice slowly, add vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, add 2 cups flour and beat, add two more cups flour, and then add the rest. You may not need all of the flour, just don't let it get too thick, knead the dough lightly in the bowl.
• Using teaspoon, scoop out some of the dough and roll in your palms and flatten slightly in your hands. Bake at 350 for 25 minute and cool.
• Boil syrup ingredients for 5 minute in LARGE saucepan, as it will foam up, then dip each cake (I do several at one time) in the saucepan, turning a couple of times with a wooden spoon, place the cookies on waxed paper and sprinkle with walnut and cinnamon mixture. Cool completely before storing. Best stored in tins. These cookies will keep in tins for a couple of months, but I can't stay out of them long enough to last that long!

GREEK COOKIES WITH CONFECTIONERS' SUGAR (KOURABIEDES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Whip butter until white.
• Slowly add sugar, vanilla, and brandy.
• Gradually add flour, 1 cup at a time.
• Shape cookies by rolling into balls (about the size of a meatball), then gently press your thumb into the top of the cookie and twist slightly.
• This will help flatten the cookie just a bit.
• Place cookies on a cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes or until the cookies are sand colored.
• Sift confectioner's sugar onto a large sheet of wax paper.
• Upon removing cookies from oven, carefully place on sugar and sift additional sugar to cover the tops and sides of cookies.

GREEK COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter or margarine with sugar; add egg yolk and cognac.
• Mix well.
• Gradually add flour; chill 3-4 hours.
• Shape into 1-inch balls.
• Insert a whole clove in top of each.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 325°F for 20-25 minutes.
• Cool.
• Dust with sifted confectioners' sugar.
• Makes about 4 dozen cookies.