![]() ![]() After taking them out of the oven, let them rest for 5-10 minutes as they will be very soft and might break.These Kourabiedes (or Kourabiethes) Greek Almond shortbread cookies often called butter cookies are delicious, melt-in-your-mouth and a staple in Greek households. It only takes 15-20 minutes to get ready so keep an eye and take them out when they have a nice golden brown color. I recommend baking the cookies into two trays as they need at least one finger space between them.ġ2. Be playful and why not, ask one of your little ones to help out. You can shape them as you like, circles, braids, coils. Now I join the two ends together and lightly press them into forming a circle.ġ0. Then I roll it on the wooden board to a long rope around 12cm / 5” before shaping the cookie.Ġ9. Don’t overwork the dough ball in your hand as the oil will start separating. I take a small piece of dough around 30gr and shape it into a ball using my palm and fingers. Just mix it with your hands or a spatula for 2-3 minutes until all the flour is incorporated with the wet ingredients and then move to shaping the biscuits.Ġ7. After adding all the ingredients together, try not to knead the dough too much as the oil will come out and separate which is something we don’t want. Now, it’s time to add the plain flour and a teaspoon of baking powder that will help my cookies to rise and be lighter.Ġ6. I then add the orange juice to the powdered sugar and oil mixture and stir it a bit to combine.Ġ5. This is a key step, as the orange juice with the baking soda will cause a reaction and the mix will start foaming.Ġ4. Then, I squeeze the juice out of the orange and mix it with the baking soda. When the sugar has dissolved, I add the orange zest and give it another stir to combine.Ġ3. I like using powdered sugar instead of caster sugar in this recipe, as powdered sugar will dissolve easier and faster with the olive oil just by stirring it for a couple of minutes.Ġ2. I start by mixing the powdered sugar and the oil together. This greek orange cookies recipe has only 6 simple ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, orange, powdered sugar and olive oil.Ġ1. ![]() They can last for a couple of weeks at room temperature.Great dippers for coffee or a glass of milk.Very easy to prepare, you just mix the ingredients altogether.These cookies are great dippers for coffee or a cup of milk (the way my daughter loves to have them). The vegan Greek cookies like these orange ones or another favorite of mine, the grape molasses cookies, have oil instead of butter and that makes hard and crunchy. Greek cookies that are made with butter and baking powder like Greek easter cookies are more soft in the middle and airy. The texture is also very different to soft cookies (like chocolate chip cookies) and resembles more of biscuits. We usually make them in coil shape, braided or in a circle. Greek koulourakia don’t have the usual round shape. If you haven’t tried Greek cookies before, let me enlighten you. You can enjoy them with your afternoon coffee or why not, take a couple with you when you are out and about. These orange cookies or ‘koulourakia’, as we call them in Greek, are great for people that are vegan or follow a dairy-free diet, are full of flavor and orangy aromas, and most of all, ready in less than 40 minutes. My mom used to make this kind of cookies all the time when I was young and I’d usually have them with a glass of milk. These greek orange cookies remind me of my childhood. ![]()
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