“SNOWBALLS” IN ROYAL ICING - COOKIES “KOURAMPIEDES” - STAVROS' KITCHEN - GREEK AND CYPRIOT CUISINE

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil offers a dairy-free option with a similar texture.

almonds

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: peanuts

Walnuts provide a similar flavor profile and are often more affordable.

powdered sugar

🥗Healthier: erythritol

💰Cheaper: granulated sugar

Erythritol is a low-calorie alternative, while granulated sugar is more economical.

Cream together butter and vegetable fat with icing sugar until light and fluffy.

Add rosewater, brandy, baking soda dissolved in orange juice, nuts, half the flour, and orange zest into the bowl and fold together.

Add the remaining flour and knead by hand until the mixture is light and fluffy.

Shape the dough into balls about the size of a small egg.

Place cookies on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

Bake in a preheated oven at 150 degrees Celsius for 50 to 60 minutes until golden brown and hard.

Check cookies after 50 minutes; they should feel hard and be golden at the bottom.

Once baked, cover the hot cookies with icing sugar.

Prepare royal icing by whisking egg white and lemon juice until frothy, then gradually add icing sugar and vanilla essence until slightly runny.

Cover the top half of the cookies with royal icing and sprinkle with desiccated coconut; cover the other half with icing sugar.

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