Koulourakia - Greek Easter cookies
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These very fragrant cookies are served on the Easter table in Greece! It is very simple to prepare, but it turns out incredibly tasty!
Koulourakia - Greek Easter cookies. Greek housewives usually prepare it on Thursday. At their core, these are small cookies made in the form of a curl or a braid, but not from three, but from two dough flagella. The cookies are very flavorful and can be stored for a long time. We will prepare all the products according to the list. Cream can be replaced with milk, and butter with margarine. Butter or margarine must be removed from the refrigerator in advance so that it softens.
Ингредиенты
Flour - 400 g
Butter - 125 g
Sugar - 150 g
Eggs - 3 pcs.
Zest of 1 lemon
Baking powder for dough - 1 tsp.
Cream or milk - 3 tbsp.
Рецепт
1. Place softened butter and sugar in a bowl and mix well with a fork.
2. Add 2 eggs and 1 yolk. We set the protein aside; we will need it later. Mix the contents of the bowl well again.
3. Add cream or milk to the dough. Mix the dough again.
4. Remove the zest from the orange.
5. And add it to the dough.
6. Sift the flour and add baking powder to it.
7. Add flour to the bowl in parts and knead the dough well.
8. The dough should not stick to your hands. Place the bowl of dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Cover the top of the bowl with film.
9. Take the dough out of the refrigerator. Let's make a sausage out of it and cut it into small pieces.
10. Roll each piece of dough into a 20-25 cm flagellum.
11. Fold the flagellum in half.
12. Roll up these cookies and connect the ends together.
13. Place the cookies on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil. Using a silicone brush, brush the top of each cookie with the remaining egg white. Place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 180°C for 20 minutes.
14. Take the finished cookies out of the oven and let them cool and harden slightly on the baking sheet.
15. Usually the Greeks bring baskets like this to their neighbors as a gift on Easter Day, and they contain colored eggs, sweets and kulourakia. Have a nice and delicious Easter!