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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cream the butter and sugar in a mixer for 15 minutes, until it begins to turn white. Mix in the baking powder, baking soda and salt. | 2. Add the egg yolks, the brandy, vanilla extract, and gradually add the flour, until you have a dough that is neither too soft nor too firm (you may need to add slightly more than the amount I've written); stir in the almonds. | 3. Let the dough stand for an hour at room temperature, covered with a clean dish towel. | 4. Next, with small amounts (about 1 1/2 teaspoons of dough), shape small rounds by gently rolling the dough around between the palms of your hands. | 5. Arrange the round cookies on a buttered pan and flatten ever so slightly on top with your hand. | 6. Bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes. | 7. Immediately upon removing the kourambiedes from the oven, sprinkle them with rose water (or orange water or ouzo. I do this by putting a small amount of the liquid in a bowl, wetting my fingertips, and shaking the droplets over the hot cookies a few times. The scented water or ouzo gives the cookies a very delicate fragrance). | 8. Roll the hot cookies in icing sugar to cover and let cool. | 9. When cool, arrange on a pretty holiday platter, sieving more icing sugar between the cookie layers to give a snowdrift effect. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	2	cups		2736.0	125.712	85.488	230.4
icing sugar	1	cup		-	-	-	-
egg yolk	2			109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
baking soda	1/2	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
brandy	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
flour	3 -4	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
almond	1 1/2	cups	chopped roasted	2890.68	0.0	0.0	327.0
orange flower water				-	-	-	-
icing sugar				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.