Traditional Greek Holiday Cookie

Do we have any Greeks in the house? If we do. You may be interested in this quick, but totally sanctioned by my friend's Ya Ya. Recipe for Greek Easter Cookies. These are real good and should be shared by the whole world. I love them and like to eat them. The only down side is that you can't eat just one. I can't control myself but I don't care. When I eat them I just fall shy of committing one of the seven deadly sins. Which is gluttony. No matter, I will just have to live with the guilt.

Greek Easter Cookies (koulouria)

Ingredients
1 cup of sweet butter                                     5 Tbsp. of baking powder
2 cups of granulated sugar                            1 tsp. salt
7 large eggs, room temperature                   Shot glass of anisette liguor
1/2 cup of milk,                                              1 Tbsp. of vanilla pure extract
9&1/2 cups of flour, un-bleached                             Sesame seeds
 
Cream the butter by hand. add sugar and incorporate well.  Add beaten eggs and continue to mix. No friction please. You don't want to cook the eggs with the heat you may produce. Sift together all of your dry ingredients. Now add it to the sugar, butter and eggs alternately with the milk, flavoring and liquor Mix together and knead well. Then shape as desired. Traditionally two strands are twisted together. A small log is good too. about three or four inches long, Dip in sesame seeds. On a cookie sheet bake them at 350 degrees f. for 15 or twenty minutes Or until they are a light brown in color. Pre heat the oven.