Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, easter koulourakia from smyrna. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Koulourakia - Greek Easter cookies Koulourakia are traditional Greek cookies which along with tsourekia are the "trademark" of Greek Orthodox Easter. The week before Easter every family ( or almost every family nowadays) is preparing koulourakia and tsourekia and this is a way of getting in the mood of these Holy days. Diet based on cereals, pulses, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fruits and other animal foods such as honey and eggs.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook easter koulourakia from smyrna using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Easter Koulourakia from Smyrna:
- Get 1 kg (approximately) soft flour
- Prepare 250 g margarine
- Take 250 g butter
- Make ready 1 egg
- Take 1 cup orange juice
- Take 350 g sugar
- Take 30 ml brandy
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder or extract
- Get 1 teaspoon (full) baking powder
- Take 1/2 cup olive oil
- Prepare 1-2 eggs to brush the top of the cookies
A traditional recipe for Easter koulourakia (cookies) that I have from my mother and she has it from hers. An easy recipe for Easter cookies. Traditional Greek Easter Koulourakia (Cookies) These are my favourite Greek Easter Cookies from Smyrna. The grandmother of my friend Athena used to make them.
Instructions to make Easter Koulourakia from Smyrna:
- Beat the butter and margarine with the sugar using a mixer. These should be at room temperature. If you wish you may melt the butter/margarine and beat the mixture with a whisk.
- Add the egg and then all the liquids (orange juice, brandy, olive oil).
- Add the vanilla and flour with the baking powder bit by bit.
- Knead until you get a soft and pliable dough and form into cookies.
- Brush the cookies with egg and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 25 minutes depending on your oven. Good luck!
Athena thank you so much for trusting me with your grandmother's traditional recipe. These are the original koulourakia, buttery and slightly crispy, just. These biscuits are traditionally made by the Greeks of Smyrna and their descendants. They are lovely to have with coffee and/or tea. Baking ammonia can be purchased at drugstores in North America.
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