Medium French Dessert

Greek Butter Cookies

Name: Greek Butter Cookies
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 26 min
Total time: 38 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
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

Total Time

38 min

12m prep · 26m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Medium

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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

1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2

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.
3

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool completely before dusting with confectioners' sugar.