This recipe makes a lot of cookies, depending on how big you make them so share them out with friends and family during teatime.
Sesame Cookies or Koulourakia
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb butter
- 6 eggs (keep 1 egg white aside)
- sesame seeds
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 6 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 cups flour
- 1 tsp vanilla essence or 2 tsp grated orange peel or 1 tsp nutmeg
How to make Sesame Cookies or Koulourakia
- In a food mixer, cream the butter
- Add in sugar gradually
- Beat in eggs one at a time
- Add in the vanilla essence (or orange peel or nutmeg)
- Sift the baking powder, flour and salt together
- Add them to the mixture to make a medium dough so it can be handled
- Pinch off pieces to a size of a walnut
- Roll the piece between hands and shape into twists (or whatever shape you want)
- Brush lightly with beaten egg white
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds
- Place on a greased cookie sheet
- Bake for 20 to 30 mins at 350 degree F. till golden brown
