Kourabiedes

Kourabiedes

Greek Butter Cookies

This is a recipe from a blog, Cooking For Keeps.

Ingredients;

1 pound unsalted butter, room temperature
1 large egg
2 ½ teaspoons pure almond extract
8 tablespoons powdered sugar
⅛ teaspoon baking soda
5 to 5 ½ cups all purpose flour
Pinch of salt

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Directions;
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

Beat butter in the bottom of a stand mixer on a medium high speed for 20 minutes. Add egg and almond extract, mix until combined. 

Sift powdered sugar and baking soda together in a small bowl. Add to butter and egg. Beat another 10 minutes on a medium high speed. 

Sift five cups of flour and salt together in a large bowl. 

With the speed on low, add flour a little bit at a time until completely incorporated. If the dough is too sticky, add ½ cup more of flour.

To Form: Roll about 2 tablespoons of dough into crescents and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or silt pad. There is no need to place cookies very far apart, as they do not spread much. Bake for 15-20 minutes until very pale brown and cooked through.

Makes about 5 dozen.