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Christmas Butter Cookies (Xristougeniatika mbiskota boutirou)

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Hello everyone, I hope that all are well and getting ready for the holidays.  I am feeling better and better each day :).  Christmas is coming up rather quickly, so I decided to start my christmas cookies, so I haven’t made Christmas cookies in years, so I took out the recipe and started making cookies this morning. 

The cookies are simple to make, a recipe that is straight forward and not to much of a mess in the kitchen.  My kitchen is quite small, so I don’t really have much counter space to lay everything all over, so I have to move a few things around to be able to cook and bake.  So, here here goes…..:)

CHRISTMAS BUTTER COOKIES (XRISTOUGENIATIKA MBISKOTA BOUTIROU)

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/3 All Purpose Flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 cup softened Butter
  • 1 cup of Crystal fine Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • Sprinkles
  • Sugar Powder
  • Glaze/Icing

Instructions
 

  • In a bowl combine flour and salt and set aside for later use.
  • Add butter and sugar into a mixer and beat until fluffy. Add in the egg and the vanilla extract and continue to beat.
  • Slowly add the flour mixture into the butter batter and beat until it becomes dough.
  • Wrap dough in a large piece of plastic wrap, then place it in the refrigerator for at least one hour. This way the dough is hardened and it is easier to roll out.
  • Roll out dough. Use any cookie cutter that you have on hand.
  • I have star cookie cutters 🙂 Bake on medium to high for 20 minutes.
  • Once cookies are baked lay on a rack to cool off before starting topping process. My chocolate/white icing did not turn out like I wanted it too, so I used sugar powder for most of my cookies as topping. This recipe makes about 25 cookies…..:)

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

26 Comments

  1. Ritu
    December 13, 2017 at 5:35 pm  ·  Reply

    Another Yummy Recipe! I’ll be making my Christmas cookies this weekend!

  2. Linda @thedutchbaker
    December 13, 2017 at 8:22 pm  ·  Reply

    Perfect! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

  3. Monika
    December 13, 2017 at 8:38 pm  ·  Reply

    These look beautiful! I just sent you an email:)

  4. dtills
    December 13, 2017 at 9:11 pm  ·  Reply

    Yummy Sophie 🙂

  5. Anshu Agarwal
    December 13, 2017 at 9:39 pm  ·  Reply

    These are looking so delicious…Awesome recipe !!

  6. Ramyarecipes
    December 13, 2017 at 10:38 pm  ·  Reply

    Cute star cookies

  7. 365daysofnew
    December 13, 2017 at 11:23 pm  ·  Reply

    Thanks for the recipe. I’m going to try it this weekend.

  8. mistimaan
    December 14, 2017 at 6:22 am  ·  Reply

    Loved your yum recipe 🙂

  9. Megala
    December 14, 2017 at 12:06 pm  ·  Reply

    Beautiful & delicious cookies ! Nice to see these cookies of various sizes !!

  10. Karin, theaustriandish
    December 14, 2017 at 5:29 pm  ·  Reply

    They look mouthwatering, Sophie!

  11. Vero and Canito in the kitchen
    December 16, 2017 at 4:34 am  ·  Reply

    What a nice Christmas cookies, Sophie! ❤️❤️❤️ I am not preparing any this year

  12. WoodRtist
    December 24, 2017 at 2:45 pm  ·  Reply

    Nice easy to make recipe
    Thanks

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