Recipe: Delicious Greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes"

Greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes".

You can cook Greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes" using 12 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes"

1. You need of Traditional greek christmas sweet "kourabiedes".
2. It's 60 grams of corn flour.
3. You need 60 grams of icing sugar.
4. Prepare 230 grams of butter.
5. You need 230 grams of all purpose flour.
6. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of cinnamon powder.
8. You need 1/2 tsp of nutmeg.
9. You need 1/2 tsp of clove powder.
10. Prepare 30 grams of pistachio finely chopped.
11. It's 30 grams of almond powder.
12. You need 30 grams of macadamia powder.

Greek christmas cookies "kourabiedes" step by step

1. preheat the oven to 160°F celcius.
2. combine room temperature butter with icing sugar and beat with mixer.
3. add the vanilla essence.
4. add the corn flour.
5. add the flour.
6. knit gently and shape it into long sausage.
7. wrap with cling film and chill for an bour.
8. prepare stuffing ingredients.
9. mix the nuts and add in the mixture the spices.
10. put at side and remove the soft dough from the chiller.
11. cut into equal size portions.
12. press in the center of each piece to create a "nest" and place a small ammoynt of the stuffing.
13. shape gently into a ball.
14. place it on the tray.
15. continue the same way with the rest of the dough pieces.
16. place them in the oven and bake for 17-20 min until light golden colour.
17. cool on a wire rack.
18. dust with icing sugar and serve.