COOKIE

GREEK KOULOURAKIAS

• 1 pound butter, softened

• 12 egg yolks

• 2 cups sugar

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

• 2 teaspoons vanilla, whiskey or anise

• 5 teaspoons baking powder

• 10 cups (about) flour

• 1 egg slightly beaten with 1 tablespoon water (optional)

• Sesame seeds (optional)

Beat butter with electric mixer until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar until blended; fold by hand into whipped butter. Stir baking soda into orange juice (it will foam up, so use a large cup), and beat into butter mixture along with flavoring of your choice. (The mixture will look slightly curdled).

Whisk baking powder into 5 cups of the flour and beat into the butter mixture. Continue adding flour until the dough has enough body to be shaped. Chill for 30 minutes or longer.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Pinch off a heaping teaspoon of dough at a time and roll lightly into a pencil-thin strip about 6 inches long. Form strip into circle, pinching ends together. (Or fold strip in half and give it a couple of twists.) Place on ungreased cookie sheets and brush with egg wash. If desired, sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Bake until light brown, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool on wire racks, and store in tightly covered container. Cookies keep for a long time and improve with age. Makes about 6 dozen.

Per cookie: 141 calories (38 percent from fat), 6 g fat (3.5 g saturated, 1.7 g monounsaturated), 48.5 mg cholesterol, 2.3 g protein, 19.4 g carbohydrates, 0.5 g fiber, 89.5 mg sodium.

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