Easy and delicious Easter Cookies

Orthodox Easter is coming up next Sunday. These delicious Easter cookies or koulourakia as we like to call them, are a delicious sweet treat after the week of fasting and perfect any time of day but especially in the morning for dunking in your coffee.

Here is what you need to do

Melt butter. Sift flour in large bowl then create a hole in the center and add the hot butter.  Wait a few minutes and combine the mixture. Separate the eggs.

Beat the whites into meringue. In separate bowl beat the sugar with eggs until fluffy. Create another hole in the flour/butter mixture and add the egg yolks/sugar, meringue and the warmed milk in which you have dissolved the baking soda. Finally add the vanilla.

Knead until the mixture becomes rather soft (The consistency of a baby’s earlobe).

On a lightly floured surface roll dough into 6 inch “snake-like” shapes about half an inch in diameter. Then fold in half and twist the roll three times. You can also roll into any other shape that you prefer.

Baste each cookie with slightly beaten egg white. Place in buttered baking dish and bake in medium oven (350 degrees) for 20 minutes. The cookies are ready when they become very light golden brown.

Enjoy!

You don’t have to limit yourself to eat these only at Easter. They can be enjoyed any time of year.