These Greek cookies are a Christmas classic! Greek families give tins of these buttery cookie treats to neighbors around Christmas.
Prep
12 min
Cook
26 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium
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.
Nutrition per serving
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