These Greek cookies are a Christmas classic! Greek families give tins of these buttery cookie treats to neighbors around Christmas.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter , softened
- 0.75 cups white sugar
- 1 egg
- 0.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 0.5 teaspoons almond extract
- 2.25 cups all-purpose flour
- 0.5 cups confectioners' sugar for dusting
Instructions
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1
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
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Beat butter, sugar, and egg together in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Stir in vanilla and almond extracts. Blend in flour, then use your hands to form a soft dough. Take about a teaspoon of dough at a time and roll into balls, logs, or "S" shapes. Place cookies 1 to 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets.
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Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool completely before dusting with confectioners' sugar.
Nutrition Facts
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