Greek Butter Cookies

Submitted by Lavender Lynn

"This recipe comes from All Recipes. It is from a Greek family who used to live next door and made these every year to give to neighbors. Posted for Zaar World Tour 4."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 48

ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3⁄4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup confectioners' sugar, for dusting

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Grease cookie sheets.
3. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and egg until smooth.
4. Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts.
5. Blend in the flour to form a dough. You may have to knead it by hand at the end.
6. Take about a teaspoon of dough at a time and roll it into balls, logs or S shapes.
7. Place cookies 1 to 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
8. Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned and firm.
9. Allow cookies to cool completely.
10. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Reviews

[twissis]

Made for the ZWT-9 Greek "Parting Gifts" Challenge, these cookies were an easy-fix taste treat. However, the texture is what gets your immediate attention. They were soft, delicate & almost air-like, BUT yet sturdy enough to handle easily. I rolled mine into balls, but they flattened a bit to an almost dome-like shape. Perhaps my oven was cooking too hot ?? We loved them & Thx for sharing the recipe w/us. :)

 

[AZPARZYCH]

So quick and easy to make and they have a nice light/delicate flavor. I used my 1-inch cookie scoop and made cookies that were a little large so 1-2 is plenty for an afternoon treat. Made for ZWT-9 Parting Gifts Challenge.

 

[jessi_mcg]

These delicately-flavored little morsels were just the distraction the kiddos and I needed on this hot summer afternoon! We tried all of the shapes; I made the "S" cookies and they got a great kick out of rolling out "worms" LOL. I used white wheat flour and smart balance, and just to balance out the "healthy" we shook them in a bag of powdered sugar after they had cooled a bit ;). Thanks for posting! Made for ZWT 9, for the Gourmet Goddesses.

 

[Rebecca W.]

they were cookies what'd you expect?

 

[Lynn R.]

Excellent !!!!