Ma Niche : Kourabiethes # Baking Partners August Challenge

15.8.13

Kourabiethes # Baking Partners August Challenge

This month's theme for Baking Partners Challenge was cookies from around the world. It was a rather tasty challenge. there were these four cookies that were suggested..

Speculoos Cookie Sandwiches from Denmark ;
Kourabiethes from Greece, both suggested by Sowmya of Nivedhanam blog ;
Walnut Biscotti from Italy suggested by Sandhya of My Cooking Journey ;
Chinese Almond Cookies suggested by Suja of Kitchencorner try it.

at first I had planned to bake a small batch of each. but as i mentioned in an earlier post things have not been going too well at my end. so i ended up baking only two of the cookies, Kourabiethes and Biscotti. i baked an eggless version of both these cookies using a cornflour solution in place of eggs. I'll tell you about the Biscotti soon. for now lets talk Greek...

Now these Kourabiethes turned out really well. Its a pity that i made a small batch.. because this was definitely our favorite cookie in a long time. it tasted like butter cookies had a pleasant orange fragrance. in fact it was that fragrance that made me fall for the cookie even before i had tasted it. the only thing that i wasn't too fond off was that sugar coating. it kept sticking to the fingers.. but husband did not seem very bothered by that. he simply said... "this is good... really good," and baby boy was more happy to lick the sugar off the cookies.

Kourabiethes (9 cookies) Recipe source : taste.com.au
ingredients 3.5 tbsps unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup icing sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla essence orange rind from 1/2 an orange 1 tbsp of solution made with 1 tbsp cornflour + 2 tbsp water* 1/2 cup + 1 tsp all-purpose flour 1/4 tsp baking powder 1 tbsp + 1.5 tsp almond meal (ground almond) * this is the substitute for 1/5 egg. - to make these cookies... preheat oven to 335 degrees F. line a baking tray with parchment paper. using a electric mixer, beat butter, 3 1/2 tbsps of icing sugar, vanilla, orange rind until it turns creamy. then add 1 tbsp of the cornflour solution and mix till it is well combined. now sift the flour and baking powder over the mixture, add almond meal and mix (i used my hands here) until the dough comes together. using 1 tbsp dough per biscuit, roll out 3 inch long cylinders; bend them to form crescent shape. then place them on the prepared baking tray 11/2 inch apart and bake for 20 minutes, until they turn light golden. allow them to stand on the tray for the next 5 minutes till they become firm. then place the remaining icing sugar in a bowl/plate and coat 1 cookie at a time in the sugar. once the all the cookies are coated allow them to cool completely before sifting the remaining sugar over them.(i did not sift the sugar after the cookies cooled as some of them had already disappeared by then and knew that the rest would disappear too...)

Kourabiethes
(9 cookies)

Recipe source : taste.com.au

ingredients

3.5 tbsps unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup icing sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
orange rind from 1/2 an orange
1 tbsp of solution made with 1 tbsp cornflour + 2 tbsp water*
1/2 cup + 1 tsp all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp + 1.5 tsp almond meal (ground almond)

* this is the substitute for 1/5 egg.

to make these cookies...

preheat oven to 335 degrees F. line a baking tray with parchment paper.
using a electric mixer, beat butter, 3 1/2 tbsps of icing sugar, vanilla, orange rind until it turns creamy. then add 1 tbsp of the cornflour solution and mix till it is well combined.
now sift the flour and baking powder over the mixture, add almond meal and mix (i used my hands here) until the dough comes together.
using 1 tbsp dough per biscuit, roll out 3 inch long cylinders; bend them to form crescent shape. then place them on the prepared baking tray 11/2 inch apart and bake for 20 minutes, until they turn light golden.
allow them to stand on the tray for the next 5 minutes till they become firm. then place the remaining icing sugar in a bowl/plate and coat 1 cookie at a time in the sugar. once the all the cookies are coated allow them to cool completely before sifting the remaining sugar over them.(i did not sift the sugar after the cookies cooled as some of them had already disappeared by then and knew that the rest would disappear too...)

So much for today. Wishing my family and friends a very Happy Independence Day. Have some activities planned for tomorrow. Hope it turns out to be share-able....

and before you hop away check out what my Baking Partners have baked...