Cookies

Moustokouloura are Greek cookies made with Petimezi, which  is a concentrated syrup made of grape juice, which is used as a sweetener.

Lavender-Lemon Shortbread Cookies are so aromatic and these two ingredients pair well with each other as well as with mint.  They are buttery and rich in flavour and if you are a fan of lemony desserts, you will love them.

Mandarin Melomakarona are Greek honey cookies, made with olive oil, flavoured with mandarin and drenched in a honey syrup, with lots of walnuts on top.

Hello from Athens again. I’ve been trying to write a blog post when I was in Assini for over a week unsuccessfully and I haven’t been visiting my friends’ blogs for quite a long time.  Please forgive me but there are a lot of distractions in the countryside.  You can read a post on our …

Traditional Lambriatika Koulourakia (also called Paschalina Koulourakia), are Greek Easter butter cookies, which are traditionally made only during Easter and have a distinct flavour as baking ammonia is used as the leavening agent.

Tyrompiskota (pronounced Tee-roh-mpi-SKOH-tah) literally mean cheese biscuits.  I made them based on other shortbread cookies I have made in the past by adding cheese and spices. 

During the Christmas period, I indulge into using more butter than I use throughout the whole year.  But then what would Christmas be without making cookies and other desserts?   After six months of diet I have learned to restrain myself  and until today I have only tried a small piece from each to see …

These cookies were intended for a gingerbread house but one of the walls accidentally broke so I had to figure out a way to use them.  Well, there was no need to  cry over spilled milk and after all, lots of wonderful recipes were created due to an accident. The wafer cigars were intended for …

Soon after Easter I started watching my diet again but reading blogs all the day, there are some times I am really tempted to make some of the recipes I see. Being on diet doesn’t mean that you can’t eat a dessert once in a while or a snack.  Instead of eating anything else in …

If you love the taste of lemon, these Lemon Shortbread Cookies are tart and lemony and melt in your mouth, that you cannot eat just one!