Ivy on Δεκεμβρίου 15th, 2009

Kourabiedes, as most of you, who follow my blog, must know by now, are the Greek shortbread cookies which are coated with icing sugar.  I have been making kourabiedes for many years and a very significant factor to have tasty kourabiedes lies mainly in the quality of butter used.

This year I made them with a [...]

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Ivy on Δεκεμβρίου 22nd, 2008

There are many recipes of kourabiedes but the main ingredient which gives this traditional Greek cookie its taste is the Greek sheep’s butter.   However, if you cannot find Greek sheep’s butter you can also make them with any other butter you usually use.
In Cyprus during Christmas they make the same kourabiedes as in Greece [...]

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Ivy on Δεκεμβρίου 4th, 2007

Christmas is nearly here and in Greece melomakarona and kourabiedes are the most popular among the sweets. It’s impossible for us to image Christmas without them. In a few days the platters will be full of them and the bakeries and confectioneries will have piles of them for those who do not have the [...]

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