🍽️ Greek Christmas Cookies

Name: Greek Christmas Cookies
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 200 g soft butter; 150 g sugar; 1 packet vanilla sugar; 20 ml ouzo; 2 eggs; 1 pinch salt; 400 g flour; 125 g peeled, ground almond kernels; 40 cloves; 50 ml orange blossom water (Greek grocery store or pharmacy); powdered sugar

373 kcal · 30 min

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Ingredients

200 g soft butter
150 g sugar
1 packet vanilla sugar
20 ml ouzo
2 eggs
1 pinch salt
400 g flour
125 g peeled, ground almond kernels
40 cloves
50 ml orange blossom water (Greek grocery store or pharmacy)
powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Mix the butter in a bowl with regular sugar and vanilla sugar until the mixture is fluffy and airy. Then stir in the ouzo, eggs, and a pinch of salt.
2. Add the flour and ground almonds to the butter mixture and knead everything into a smooth dough. Shape the dough into two long rolls, wrap each roll individually in plastic wrap, and let the dough rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
3. Divide the dough into 40 equal pieces. Shape each piece into a round, slightly domed form with a height of about 1.5 centimeters.
4. Place the cookies on two baking sheets lined with parchment paper, leaving a gap of about 2 centimeters between them. Stick a clove into the center of each cookie.
5. Bake the cookies in the preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove them, place them on a wire rack, and brush them while warm with orange blossom water. Dust them with powdered sugar and let them cool completely.

Nutrition per serving

kcal: 373
Protein: 8 g · Fett/Fat: 20 g · Carbs: 50 g