Every year I make Christmas cookies with my grandsons, Maxwell and Benjamin, just like I did with my son, Robert, when he was a boy. This is my Mom's recipe for Greek butter cookies.
Author: Kitoula and her Mom - Matina Yanoulis Dallas
Recipe type: sweet / baking
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients
1 pound unsalted butter
1½ cup sugar
¼ cup whipping cream
3 eggs
2 tsp. vegetable oil
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
Zest of one orange or 2 tsp. orange extract
4 to 5 cups of all purpose flour
Small can of sesame seeds
Instructions
Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs.
Mix well.
Add in cream, vanilla, oil and zest.
In a separate bowl, mix the rest of the dry ingredients.
Slowly add dry ingredients to form a firm but pliable dough.
Using about a tsp of dough, roll with hands on counter surface in long ropes, then fold in half and twist into a braid like cookie.
Place on cookie sheet.
Brush tops of cookies with egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.
Recipe by Kitoula's Greek Food Journal at https://kitoula.com/2015/12/merry-christmas-kala-christougenna/