Ingredients

• 250g - butter, softened
• 2.5 cups - pure icing sugar
• 2 tsp - vanilla extract
• 1 - orange, rind finely grated
• 1 tbsp - oil +1 tbsp water+1 tsp - baking powder (replacer for 1 egg )
• 2 .5 cups - plain flour
• 1 tsp - baking powder
• 1/2 cup - almond meal (ground almonds)

How to Make Kourabiethes (Greek Christmas Cookies )

• Preheat oven to 160 degree C.
• Line 2 flat baking trays with a baking paper.
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter, 1 cup icing sugar, vanilla and orange rind until pale and creamy.
• Add egg replacer and beat until it is combines properly.
• Sift flour and baking powder over the mixture.
• Add almond meal.
• Stir until dough comes together.
• Using 1 tbsp dough per biscuit, roll out into 8cm-long sausage shapes.
• Bend to form crescent shapes.
• Place on baking trays, allowing room for the spreading.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until light golden.
• Stand for 5 minutes on trays until it becomes firm.
• Place remaining sugar in a bowl.
• Coat warm biscuits, 1 at a time, in sugar.
• Place it on a wire rack to cool.
• Sift any remaining icing sugar over biscuits when cool.
• Recipe Courtesy: Cooking With Sapana