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Ingredients
1 pound (455g) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (135g) confectioner’s sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons orange blossom water
170g almonds
4 and 1/2 cups (625g) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoons baking powder
orange blossom water for spraying after baked
confectioner’s sugar for dusting
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 °F 180 °C. Line 2-3 baking trays with parchment paper.
Place the almonds into a pan and bake them in the oven for 7-10 minutes until fragrant. Allow the almonds to cool completely and then place them into a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Set aside.
Add the butter, salt, sugar, vanilla, and orange blossom water into the bowl of a stand mixer that has been fitted with the paddle attachment.
Beat on low speed and then increase the speed to high. Beat until fluffy. About 8-10 minutes.
Place the flour, baking soda, and baking powder into a large bowl and whisk together.
Slowly add the flour mixture to the mixer while it is beating on low speed. Add the almonds and beat together until incorporated. Beat together until a dough is formed.
Transfer the dough to a clean work surface and lightly knead together until incorporated. Many times crumbs and almonds end up at the bottom of the mixing bowl so this step incorporates them back into the dough.
Form the dough into balls (about 30-40g each) and set on the pans.
Leave them as balls and gently press the center down with your index finger to form an indentation.
Alternatively form the cookies into crescents. Roll each round ball of dough into a rope and then bend into a crescent. Place on the baking trays.
Bake the cookies on the center rack for about 20 minutes or until lightly golden.
Spray the cookies lightly with orange blossom water as soon as they come out of the oven. This step is optional.
Once the cookies have slightly cooled, dust them with a generous amount of confectioner’s sugar.
Serve with Greek Coffee. Kali Orexi!
Leftover’s can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature.
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32 Comments
I assure you I’ve been eating them forever. Really a great cookie.
Can we use almond flour ?for the almond ground ?
In Turkish, we call "kurâbiye". Arabian I think. And we've a lot of "kurâbiye" recipes in Turkish cuisine.
Looks amazing! I roll out the dough and cut into crescent shape with inverted juice glass. I brought these into work and called them 180° Cookies because whenever someone came into the office that was grumpy, I’d give them a 180° Cookie and their grumpy personality would change 180°! They left happy and smiling!
Thank you so much
When do you put the cloves in it, before or after baking or after baking?
My favorite cookies ever! OPA. Love Greece❤🧿
My favorite..thank you..👏👏🎁🎄🎁🎄
For those of you who've never eaten this before, remember not to inhale air while biting into these. You'll be coughing up powdered sugar for a few minutes.
I love these great delicious cookies I am going to make them look thanks for the recipe 🙏it tastes so good with the black cardamon or earl grey tea 👌
those are mexican wedding cookies
i make them all the time
❤❤❤❤❤ the best
Dinitri, I am delighted to be back on your channel. I am so excited to be cooking Greek food for Christmas this year here in the UK. I'm going to make Kleftiko – as per your beloved recipe aswell as Beef Mavradaphni, Gyros, Saganki! All over several days of course! Merry Christmas xx
I'm going to have a go at these!
Our Greek grandmother made these every Christmas! ❤
Merry Christmas beautiful girl – thank you for this yummy recipe. God bless you and your family.💕🕊💕🕊💕🕊
I cannot thANK you enough!!! I just made my first batch and they are AMAZING!! THEY WILL go to neighbors and Family & of course my husband and myself! These are fun to make and even funner to ear!! Cant wait to try more of youre Greek recipes. Do you make Pastitsio? Id love to make it for my Family for Christmas Eve dinner….Happy Holidays~
These are my absolute favourite ❤thank you 😊
Loved!! your recipe for Kourabiedes. It's how my yia yia made them. She used to put a whole clove in the middle of the crescent too. So yummy to crunch on that. I'm making some today with Orange Blossom Water. Merry Xmas!
Can I use clarified butter instead of normal butter?
kourabiedes 😁😁😁 ! DolmaDES ,KurabiyeDES ,YoğurtDES ,BaklavaDES, İstanbulaDES , TurkishdishDES , lolDES
Hi Dimitra, I’m a new subscriber from Canada and I want to try these almond cookies. Is it possible that I should add half Apflour and half ground almonds to this recipe? Please advise and thank you for sharing this recipe. Merry Christmas 🎄
Powdered sugar changes the good taste, why in us they put sugar in everything
MAGEIREVEIS H PAS SE 💃 DISCO?????
Ms. Dimitra can you make a Cook Book with just (gluka) sweets? Desserts?
Alot, of the videos on here are not in the e-books you sell. 🙁
These look delicious, thank you.
Will be making these , can we make them and place them in the freezer or how many days in advance will they keep fresh ?
Just did this recipe. Its ridiculously good.
Can you mix by hand if you don't have a stand mixer
Thank you so much for this delicious recipe ❤ I made these for the Eid holiday and everyone enjoyed them 😊
My Yaya used to make these for me all the time thanks for a recipe so I can keep eating them now she's gone
Hey Dimitra hope you’re doing well. How long can keep fresh this cookies thank you 🙏 so much please 🙏 let me know I would l appreciate it ❤️🙏