Turkish Eyes Cookies Recipes

TURKISH SAND COOKIES (CURABIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, oil, baking soda and cinnamon. Add nuts and flour and knead together for 2 minutes until the dough is soft and smooth.
• Shape dough into walnut sized balls or triangles and place 1" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 30 minutes until barely browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool before moving. Sift confectioners sugar over tops when completely cooled.
• Keeps well for a week in a tightly sealed container.

UN KURABIYESI - MELT IN THE MOUTH TURKISH SHORTBREAD COOKIES!

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 160c.
• In a medium sized mixing bowl, cream 1/2 a cup of the icing sugar, the butter & the vanilla.
• Sift the flour and the baking powder, slowly add to the creamed butter. Mix well with a wooden spoon.
• One thoroughly combined, roll a teaspoonful of the dough at a time into balls. Place the balls on a baking tray lined with parchment or baking paper.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, they should be cooked through - firm - but remain pale in colour.
• Dust the shortbread straight from the oven with some of the remaining icing sugar (sieved).
• Allow to cool, then just before serving dust again with the rest of the icing sugar.

TURKISH EYES COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
• Cream butter.
• Add the sugar and cream until smooth.
• Add salt and vanilla.
• Stir in flour.
• Knead until smooth.
• Roll out dough between two pieces of wax paper until 1/4" in thickness.
• Carefully remove the top sheet of wax paper.
• Cut out equal number of 3" circles and 1" circles.
• Place on cookie sheets about 1" apart.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• Transfer to wire racks to cool.
• Spread the jam on the 3" circles, leaving a 1/4"-1/2" border all around.
• Dust the 1" circles with powdered sugar and place in the center of the jam-lined cookies.
• Let cookies set.