Comments on: Kourambiedes, Greek Butter Cookies – 12 Days of Cookies

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:31:27 +0000

Thanks everyone! Peter, we decided to pour some orange liqueur over them and let them sit for an hour or so to soak up the liquid. All gone! Yum!

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:55:24 +0000

I LOVE these cookies and I’m not even Greek. I’ve been making them for 35 years. (Yep, I’m old!) I’ve never creamed the butter for an hour …ever! Maybe 4 minutes at the most and they always turn out really well. You need to remove the clove immediately upon removing them from the oven and then sprinkle with shifted powdered sugar. After they’ve cooled I add even more shifted powdered sugar. I love the hint of clove in them. They’re great and look beautiful on your Christmas dessert table!

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:33:07 +0000

Once the cookies cool you need to sprinkle Rose Water on hem. that is the trick!

By: Cris

Cris — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:00:34 +0000

That’s an interesting recipe… and they look cute.

By: Veggie Wedgie

Veggie Wedgie — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:22:22 +0000

Hello, I am from Greece , and I just wanted to say that these cookies are supposed to be dry and crumbly and with a shitload of powdered sugar on them. You actually cant see the cookie from all the sugar!I never liked them, but some people love them. It is definately a love-it-or-hate-it-cookie. Thats why in Greece we have 2 Christmas cookies! Kourabiedes and melomakarona, a honey spiced cookies soaked in syrup. If you want check out my vegan [honey free] recipe for melomakarona here: http://www.veggie-wedgie.com/?p=501. I think it would be a perfect addition to your 12 days of cookies![what a brilliant idea by the way!]

By: Sandy S

Sandy S — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:17:24 +0000

These look like yummy little butter balls! I know they weren’t exactly a hit with all of us, but I’m still interested . . . a have a soft spot for those cakey cookies. Yours look beautiful!

By: Courtney

Courtney — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:42:59 +0000

Sorry these were frustrating. I was tempted to make these but felt the viennese cresents were too similar. Nevertheless they look good and Im sure will not got to waste.

By: Judy

Judy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:25:39 +0000

Funny that we both made these and posted on the same day!!!! I hated these cookies! For me there were no redeeming qualities and one of my friends almost gagged on the dryness! Glad you had better luck with them than I did!

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:32:04 +0000

LOL at the lively comments…Greeks can be passionate! I’m glad you chose to highlight Kourabiedes, a standard at the Greek Christmas table.

Try some at a Greek home(s) and you can decide which version you like best.