Name: Wine Twists (Tsourekakia)
Yield: 36 cookies
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: ⅓ cup dry white wine; 2 teaspoons Cognac or other brandy; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 8 or 10 pieces; ⅓ cup sugar; 2 cups all-purpose flour (spoon flour into dry-measure cup and level off); 1 teaspoon baking powder

Preparation info

36
cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Baker's Tour

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2005

About

These easy but impressive cookies are moistened with a little dry white wine. Though it’s not traditional, you could substitute white vermouth for the wine with excellent results.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour (spoon flour into dry-measure cup and level off)
⅓ cup sugar
1

Europe
Greece
Italy
Cookies
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
To make the cookie dough, place the flour, sugar, and baking powder in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Pulse several times to mix.
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