Recipe: Brandy Sugar Biscuits (Kourambiethes)

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Description/Notes:

These traditional Christmas sweets with their marvelous flavor of cinnamon, brandy and roasted almonds are prepared all over Greece for the Christmas festivities

Ingredients:

3 cups of flour

half a cup of caster sugar

1 cup of coarsely ground roast almonds

1 tbsp. ground cinnamon

1 whole egg and the yolk of and egg

2 cups of olive oil

4 tbsps of brandy

2-3 cups of icing sugar(for coating)

Cooking Instructions:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350F, Gas Mark 4, 180 C
2. Put the sugar and olive oil into a bowl and beat thoroughly
3. Add the almonds, cinnamon, eggs and brandy, then slowly beat in the flour until the mixture turns into a soft dough that does not stick to your hands
4. Divide the dough into small pieces that can be moulded into a similar shape to a walnut and place on a lightly greased baking sheet
5. Cook in the center of the pre-heated oven for about 20 minutes
6. Remove from oven and allow to cool before sifting icing sugar over them until they are completely covered