International Recipes
Greek Butter Cookies
Yield: about 3 to 3 1/2 dozen
Ingredients
- 1 cup sliced brown almonds
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 pound sweet butter
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 ounce whiskey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Soften butter at room temperature until very soft. Beat well with an electric mixer. Add sugar and beat until fluffy and light colored. Add egg yolks and beat thoroughly.
- Sift flour and baking powder and mix into butter mixture. Add nuts. Sprinkle dough lightly with whiskey and knead thoroughly. Roll out dough and make into desired shape.
- Bake on a cookie sheet at 350 degrees F for about 20 minutes.
- After the cookies have cooled, sprinkle liberally with confectioners' sugar.