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#GREEK SUGAR COOKIE RECIPES HOW TO#

They're a staple in Greek households around Christmas time, though really they can be found on the dessert table most holidays. Kourabiedes in particular can be known as Greek Christmas cookies, butter cookies, almond cookies, etc. Buttery, nutty, shortbread-y, and covered in lots of powdered sugar.

There's no direct translation to English for these cookies, but you know the type.

Kourabies/κουραμπιές (khoo-rah-BYEHS) = single cookieĪlternate English spellings are k ourambiedes, kourabiethes, and kourambiethes for the former kourabies and kourambies for the latter.

Kourabiedes/κουραμπιέδες (khoo-rah-BYEH-thes with a hard "th") = multiple cookies.

Kourabiedes! Here's your super quick Greek lesson for the day: This post here is one of the VIPs, people – a family recipe! I'm sharing my yiayia Ligeri's recipe for some of the best, soft, tender, buttery holiday cookies. I've wanted to share this recipe for years at this point, I think! I kept holding off because I wanted to make sure every aspect hit all the right notes. This is a moment I've been excited about for a long time. Then serve drizzled with plenty of honey and ground walnuts on top!Īnd here's a quick pic tutorial to help you out.A classic staple in Greek homes around Christmas time, kourabiedes are tender and buttery shortbread cookies that melt in your mouth. Transfer them to a cooling rack, to drain excess syrup. Then lay on a parchment paper-covered pan and bake until golden brown.Īnd right as they come out of the oven, you dip them in batches in warm honey syrup ( that you've prepared while they were baking). Using either a knife or a hand grater you create criss-cross lines ( to make them even more pretty). You then shape it into oval-egg shaped cookies. The dough takes only 5 minutes to make and it only requires some hand mixing.

Greek Honey Cookie Melomakarono How To Make The Greek Honey Cookies And that's a really good point to prove how delicious these Greek Honey Cookies really are. In my 25 years of Greek Christmas celebrations, I never came across a person who would say he doesn't like " Melomakarona". Their dough also contains plenty of olive oil, honey and fine semolina ( to make them more crumbly).

Soft on the inside, so sweet from the honey, and then a nutty walnut crunchiness kicks in. They are bursting with flavors and aromas.

Imagine a bigger, oval-shaped gingerbread cookie, that has been soaked in syrup, then coated with honey and plenty of chopped walnuts ( only without the ginger). Greek Christmas Cookies What Do They Taste Like? They are in every Greek home during Christmas time, along with Kourabiethes ( Greek almond shortbread cookies). Today, there is no Christmas without them. Exactly what people hoped the new year would bring them.

Later on, they became a Traditional Greek Christmas Cookie.Īnd how they ended up representing such a happy time like Christmas after being a funeral cookie? That's because of the addition of honey ( "Meli" in Greek) which since Ancient Greek times, used to be a symbol of longevity and creation. They were served, during medieval times in a form of a dry piece of the pie ( without syrup and honey) at a dinner that followed a funeral. At first, they used to be called "Makaronia" ( Ancient Greek word for dead soul pie). These Greek Honey Cookies or as we call them in Greece Melomakarona, go way back in time. Jump to Recipe Jump to Video Greek Honey Cookies The Origin Of The Greek Honey Cookies

#GREEK SUGAR COOKIE RECIPES HOW TO#