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Homemade Greek Almond Christmas Cookies (Kourambiedes)

Written by Published on Updated on May 23, 2019 in Uncategorized

We have been trying somewhat to keep up the Christmas Spirit, but it has been very hard these past few days.  With my mom visiting we went into the kitchen and starting  making Kourambiedes (Greek Almond Cookies) it would take our minds off of things and just concentrate on cooking. I love  cooking and besides this being my passion it has also been a real help to me whenever I was upset or stressed out, and this is one of those times. 

I am a huge fan of Vintage pieces and I remembered that my mom had this star dish that was my grandmother’s and is about 100 years old.  I find it to be beautiful and this is why I took a photo of this cookie in this dish.  Here is another delicious and favorite Greek cookie that is covered in sugar powder, that is always  found on every Greek Christmas table.  

HOMEMADE GREEK ALMOND CHRISTMAS COOKIES (KOURAMBIEDES)

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Butter room temperature
  • 1 Egg Yolk
  • 600 grams All Purpose Flouer
  • 2 powdered Vanilla or 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 180 grams Roasted Almonds or Walnuts chopped… we prefer Almonds
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 30 grams Cognac
  • 3/4 Sugar Powder & extra for coating

Instructions
 

  • In a small pan add just a bit of butter and roast the almonds until they become crunchy and brown. Once the almonds are done set them aside.
  • In a large bowl beat bowl and powdered sugar until combined.
  • Beat in the egg yolk, vanilla.
  • Slowly start to add in the flour and cognac and continue to beat.
  • Continue by adding the almonds, or walnuts which ever you prefer and combine with hands.
  • This becomes a dough mix.
  • Take a small part of the dough and roll into a ball, press down with thumb in the center, and or roll out the dough to make half moon shapes
  • Coat with the extra Powder Sugar it should cover the cookies as shown in the picture above.

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

27 Comments

  1. Megala
    December 24, 2017 at 10:54 am  ·  Reply

    Lovely cookies ! Merry Christmas !!

  2. MichaelStephenWills
    December 24, 2017 at 11:32 am  ·  Reply

    a holiday favorite of ours….Merry Christmas

  3. mistimaan
    December 24, 2017 at 4:24 pm  ·  Reply

    So yummy it is 🙂

  4. Novus Lectio
    December 25, 2017 at 8:07 am  ·  Reply

    Let me know if you received my mail

  5. MaBeautility
    December 25, 2017 at 2:30 pm  ·  Reply

    Yum! Merry xmas!
    Xxx

  6. dtills
    December 27, 2017 at 3:59 am  ·  Reply

    Such pretty cookies!

  7. chefkreso
    December 30, 2017 at 12:45 pm  ·  Reply

    My grandma used to make these, hope you had a wonderful Christmas and Holiday season 🙂

    • foodzesty
      December 30, 2017 at 3:57 pm  ·  Reply

      Really wow that is interesting. My xmas was a bit sad but trying to work through it…Thank you for your kind words…I hope you had a great time..:)

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