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Easy Greek Orange Cookies Recipe

Easy Greek Orange Cookies

Bushra
A delicious traditional Greek cookie recipe flavored with fresh orange zest and mastic liqueur.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Greek, Mediterranean
Servings 45 pieces

Equipment

  • Large bowl
  • Baking tray
  • Parchment Paper

Ingredients
  

Cookie Ingredients

  • 250 g butter (9 ounces)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 orange zest from 1 orange
  • 1 orange juice from 1 orange
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons mastic liqueur optional
  • 650 g soft flour sifted (23 ounces)
  • 3 tablespoons baking powder flat, not heaped

Instructions
 

  • To prepare these orange flavored Greek cookies, all you have to do is to add all the ingredients together into a large bowl and blend with your hands, until combined.
  • Shape the cookies with your hands, giving them any shape you like and bake at 180C for 20-25 minutes, until nicely colored. Remember to use some parchment paper layered on the baking tray so that they don't stick and leave some distance between the cookies, as they will rise a bit when baked.

Notes

Alternatively use self raising flour and skip the baking powder.
Keyword Greek desserts, kourabiedes variation, orange zest cookies
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