Traditional Kimi Kourabiedes

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Traditional Kimi Kourabiedes

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Recipe-Ingrediants

The traditional Kimi kourabiedes with their distinctive finger-like shape, as they have been made by generations of housewives from Kythnos. The recipe is passed down from grandmother to granddaughter.

Ingredients:

½ kilogram powdered sugar

250 grams butter (fresh, from Epirus, Corfu, etc.)

200 grams granulated sugar

250 grams coarse chopped and toasted almonds

3 vanilla pods + 1 in the powdered sugar (capsules)

1 kilogram all-purpose flour

A little rosewater

Directions

We beat the butter until it becomes fluffy. [Photo] Next, we add the sugar, the 3 vanilla pods, the flour, and finally the almonds. [Photo] Our dough is dry and crumbly. [Photo] Then, we take a portion of dough in our hands and squeeze it in our palm to create the characteristic "finger-like" shape. [Photo] We place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake them at 180 degrees Celsius for about 15 minutes (depending on the size of our kourabiedes). They should have a light color when baked, and when they come out, they should have "cracked" to allow the powdered sugar to penetrate. [Photo] After removing them from the oven, we sprinkle them with rosewater and dust them with a mixture of powdered sugar and 1 vanilla pod.

Enjoy!