Wine Twists

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

Tsourekakia

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
Italy
Greece
Cookies
Vegetarian

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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