Kefi Koulourakia
INGREDIENTS
4 sticks Land o Lakes unsalted butter (room temperature or soft)
2 6oz. glasses of sugar
14 egg yolks
1 glass luke warm whole milk
2 Tbsp Vanilla extract (liquid, to help cookie batter rise)
½ tsp Kronos Vanilla flavoring powder
8 cups Five Roses Flour (or Pillsbury, do not use self-rise)
7 tsp baking powder (add to flour)
Cooking - a beautiful and therapeutic activity to lift your spirits, feed your soul and nourish your body.
A recipe can be fast and easy or very creative.
Just grab your favorite person and start the masterpiece.
In the end, make sure to share your food.
It’s a Greek thing …φιλοχενια. Hospitality!
Καλή όρεξη Bon appetite.
DIRECTIONS
Pour sugar and soft butter into blender and mix for about 15-20 minutes until batter smooth.
Add yolks, vanilla extract and vanillin powder to batter and continue to mix for about another 15 minutes.
Add in room temperature milk.
Mix everything together.
In a separate bowl -manually mix with a spoon the flour and baking powder for about 5 minutes.
Slowly add flour mix to the batter and blend all together creating the complete Koulouria batter.
Mix until unified as one batter.
Pinch off a small ball of the dough (approx. 1 inch/3cm in diameter) and roll it into a rope.
You can then try to:
Twist it into “braids”
Fold them in 3 to form little boats.
Shape into an S
Or just let your imagination run wild and form the dough in any shape you like!
Prepare 3 egg yolks into a cup and stir..you will use this to brush tiny bit of egg yolk on each cookie top for a glaze before placing tray in oven to bake.
Lightly grease tray with Kefi Life EVOO for non-stick & flavor. Then lightly brush each cookie with EVOO and follow with egg wash
Bake for about 12-15 minutes at 400 degrees until fluffy and golden brown on top.
