Butter Cookies From North Africa Ghreyba Recipes

BUTTER COOKIES FROM NORTH AFRICA (GHREYBA)

Steps:

• Mix oil or butter and sugar well.
• Add flour gradually and mix.
• Shape into little balls and press down gently to flatten into shape.
• Garnish with an almond.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes.

GHRAYBEH (BUTTER COOKIES) MIDDLE EAST, PALESTINE

Steps:

• Beat butter, sugar, and orange blossom water thoroughly with a mixer. Add flour gradually and mix well.
• Form small cookies into an S shape, with each cookie being about a couple inches in size, give or take.
• Press a blanched almond in the center of each S cookie. Place on cookie sheets and bake at 300 degrees in a preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Avoid browning.

GHORAYEBAH - EGYPTIAN BUTTER COOKIES RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Beat butter until it is almost white. Add the sugar and beat another 2 minutes or so. Add in the flour. Stir completely. The dough will form. Now you can handle it with your hands. Mash the dough with your hands until it is well blended. You can refrigerate it for 10 or 15 minutes to make it more firm. Divide into equal parts and make little balls. Press each ball down with your thumb. You can also roll the dough between your fingers to make a long about 4-inch piece. Join the ends. Place on cookie sheet. Decorate with crush pistachios or with one single pistachio in the middle. Bake on 350° about 15 minutes. The cookies should still be very pale. Don't let them take on color. Let cool about 20-30 minutes.

BUTTER COOKIES II

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour and salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Cover dough, and chill for at least one hour. Chill cookie sheets.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Press dough out onto ungreased, chilled cookie sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly golden at the edges. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.

GREEK BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and egg until smooth. Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. Blend in the flour to form a dough. you may have to knead by hand at the end. Take about a teaspoon of dough at a time and roll into balls, logs or 'S' shapes. Place cookies 1 to 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned and firm. Allow cookies to cool completely before dusting with confectioners' sugar.