Kourabiedes (Traditional Christmas recipe)

A festive aromatic sweet!

It’s time for Christmas and for kourabiedes one of the favourite flavorful sweets. Tradition demands a lot of butter which gives aroma and taste in the recipe.

25-30 small kourabiedes

Ingredients:

• 300 gr. unsalted cow butter at room temperature
• 100 gr. icing sugar + for coating
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 5 gr.(1 small bag of vanillin sugar)
• 600 gr. all purpose flour(sifted)
• 10gr.blossom water-(rose water)
• 10gr.brandy(cognac)
• 130 gr. unpeeled almonds roasted in the oven at 160⁰C for 8-10 minutes in thick pieces.

Preparation:
Beat in the mixer with the ‘K’  attachment the butter with the sugar at high speed for 10-15 minutes - until the mixture become white( It is important to beat a long time for a frothy dough).



2.Start the mixer at low speed by adding slowly-slowly the flour, the baking powder and the vanillin sugar. Pour the brandy and rose water and the end the almonds.



3. Give a round shape to kourabiedes or other shape of your choice. Put  them in a non stick baking paper and bake in a preheated oven at 170⁰C for 20-25 minutes according to their size.
4.Take them out of the oven and after they have cool completely dredge with  icing sugar to serve.