Armenian cookies?

Question

Does anyone know of any good recipes for Armenian cookies?

i'm finding Genies answer quite entertaining... considering I go to one of the top art schools in the country...

Answer 1

Screw cookies...eat baklava.

Butter cookie (KURABIA)

-Sonia Arakelian

1½ cups shortening
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
6 heaping tbsp. sugar
½ tsp. B.P.
4 cups flour

Combine shortening, egg, vanilla, baking powder and sugar in blender and blend thoroughly. Place in mixing bowl, add flour, mix well with hands. Shape dough into 50 balls and flatten each one slightly. Place on cookie sheet about 1½" apart and bake in preheated 350F oven 15 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool and sprinkle with confectionery sugar.

Makes 50



Butter cookies (KURABIA)

-Anahid Merigian

½ cup crushed walnuts
½ lb. sweet butter (room temperature)
2 cups flour (plus 1 tbsp. flour set aside)
½ cup confectionery sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
½ tsp. B.P.

Cream butter thoroughly. Add sugar and mix. Add flour, baking powder. nuts and vanilla and mix gently but thoroughly, using 1 tablespoon of reserved flour to make dough easier to work with. Form 8 balls of dough. Roll each ball into a 12" strip and cut strip into six 2" pieces. Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake in 350F preheated oven between 12 and 15 minutes. Cool and roll in confectioners sugar.

Makes 48 pieces

Nut filled cookie (MAMOUL)

-Akaby Yaylaian

1 lb. sweet butter, melted
1 sm. box farina
½ cup water or milk
3 tbsp. sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour

Filling:
1 cup nuts, finely chopped
¼ cup sugar
1 tbsp. butter
½ tsp. cinnamon

Mix melted butter with farina and let set overnight. In the morning, mix water or milk together with sugar and vanilla. Combine all ingredients with flour, kneading thoroughly. Shape pieces of dough into oval shaped serving spoon, leveling dough evenly across top of spoon. Make a slight indentation in center of dough. Place 1 teaspoon of filling into indentation. Gently press dough around filling. Arrange on ungreased baking sheet, pinch with fingers along seam on top of each mamoul. Bake in preheated 400F oven for 15-20 minutes. Remove from pan immediately. Cool to lukewarm and cover generously with confectionery sugar, handling gently.

Makes 4 dozen
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Sesame butter cookie (SUSAM ANOUSH)

-Sophie Margosian

1½ cups unsalted butter
1½ cups shortening
1½ sugar
4 eggs
1 sm. can evap. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tbsp. B.P.
10 cups sifted flour
sesame seeds

Melt butter and shortening together and beat mixture in electric mixer for 5 minutes. Add sugar, beat 2 minutes. Add eggs, beat 3 minutes. Add can milk, vanilla and baking powder and beat 5 minutes more until fluffy. Then slowly add the sifted flour and knead. Roll dough with the palm of your hands into strips ½" to ¾" in diameter. Cut into 3" pieces Dip individual pieces in sesame seeds and place on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes in a preheated 350F oven. To make a crisp cookie, turn oven off and let cookies sit in oven for 3 to 4 minutes longer.

Makes 100
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Armenian stick cookie (SIMIT)

-Naomi Johnson

5 cups flour
3 tsp. B.P.
¼ cup sugar
½ tsp. salt
1 can evap. milk
1 yeast cake
1 cup lukewarm water
1 tsp. either vanilla flavoring, anise seed or mahleb
½ lb. butter
½ cup shortening

For basting:
2 eggs
¼ lb. sesame seed

Mix dry ingredients. Melt shortening and butter. Add milk, sugar, yeast mixture and flavoring. Knead until dough leaves sides of bowl. Dough should not be too soft. Cover and set aside to rise until double - about three hours. Break off walnut size pieces. Roll into pencil shape. Line up rolled simit close to each other so as to baste with beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seed. Then place on greased cookie sheet in U-shapes. Bake in preheated 350F oven about 35 to 40 minutes.

Bakes 40-50
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Armenian cookie (HAIGAGAN ANOUSH)

-Mariam Mkrtschjian

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
4 eggs (2 whole eggs, plus 2 yolks)
2 tsp. B.P.
3½ cups browned flour
sesame seeds
1 egg and 1 tbsp. milk
(for brushing tops)

Cream butter, add sugar gradually and add one egg at a time. Beat thoroughly, then add baking powder and flour. Knead lightly and shape as desired and put on greased trays. Brush tops with egg and milk mixture and sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Put on ungreased cookie sheet in preheated 350F oven for 10-12 minutes.

Makes 48

Note: To make browned flour, put flour in frying pan on high heat, stirring until brown.
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Nut filled cookie (LADY FINGERS)

-Sandough Sirabian

1 cup milk, lukewarm
2 eggs
1 tsp. sugar
1 cup butter, melted (salt removed) or sweet butter
1 tsp. B.P.
¼ tsp. salt
6 cups sifted flour
1 egg (for brushing tops)

Mix all ingredients until well blended. Knead well. Shape dough into 30 balls about the size of a small egg. With rolling pin, roll dough into oval shapes about 5" long.

Filling:
1 lb. walnuts, finely chopped
½ tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. sugar

Mix together and spread 1 teaspoon of filling lengthwise on each dough. Fold sides lengthwise and pinch together to form finger-shape. Turn dough over so seam side is faced down. Take scissors and make short cuts down the length and sides of each finger. Be sure not to cut through the finger.

Place on greased cookie sheet seam down. Brush with egg. Bake in preheated 350F oven for 15 minutes or until brown.

When cookies are partially cooled, dip into a simple syrup.

Syrup:
1½ cups sugar
1 cup water

Boil together with a few drops of lemon juice for 5 minutes.

Makes 30
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Almond cookie (NOUSH KHUMOREGHEN)

-Mariam Mkrtschjian

4 eggs
1¼ lb. butter or margarine (melted)
l½ cups sugar
2 tbsp. sour cream
2 tsp B.P.
2 tsp baking soda
½ cup crushed almonds
1 tsp. vanilla
9 cups flour

In mixing bowl beat 4 eggs, add sugar and sour cream and mix. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, almonds, vanilla and melted butter. Mix until it forms a soft dough. Press flat on table with hands, then use cookie cutter. Put on ungreased cookie sheet in heated 350F oven for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.

Makes 5 dozen

Answer 2

All I know is I want this recipe too so someone get it right,it cost too much to mess it up.......Yum,Yum!!

Answer 3

Armenian cookies

INGREDIENTS:
5 1/2 cups Swansdown® or Softasilk® flour
3 eggs beaten
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
PREPARATION:
Beat eggs well and add to melted butter. Dissolve sugar into milk and add to the eggs and butter. Mix flour and baking soda together and slowly add to the above mixture to form a soft dough. Roll out about 1/4 inch thick and cut into 2 1/2 inch diameter circles. Place a teaspoon full of the filling onto the circle, fold over and seal the sides together so as to make an egg shape with the filling inside. Bake cookies in a 350 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.
FILLING:
2 cups finely ground walnuts
2 egg whites [beaten]
1 tablespoon sugar
pinch of cinnamon
Mix the above in the order presented.
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Nut filled cookie (MAMOUL)

1 lb. sweet butter, melted
1 sm. box farina
½ cup water or milk
3 tbsp. sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour

Filling:
1 cup nuts, finely chopped
¼ cup sugar
1 tbsp. butter
½ tsp. cinnamon

Mix melted butter with farina and let set overnight. In the morning, mix water or milk together with sugar and vanilla. Combine all ingredients with flour, kneading thoroughly. Shape pieces of dough into oval shaped serving spoon, leveling dough evenly across top of spoon. Make a slight indentation in center of dough. Place 1 teaspoon of filling into indentation. Gently press dough around filling. Arrange on ungreased baking sheet, pinch with fingers along seam on top of each mamoul. Bake in preheated 400F oven for 15-20 minutes. Remove from pan immediately. Cool to lukewarm and cover generously with confectionery sugar, handling gently.

Makes 4 dozen

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Sesame butter cookie (SUSAM ANOUSH)

1½ cups unsalted butter
1½ cups shortening
1½ sugar
4 eggs
1 sm. can evap. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tbsp. B.P.
10 cups sifted flour
sesame seeds

Melt butter and shortening together and beat mixture in electric mixer for 5 minutes. Add sugar, beat 2 minutes. Add eggs, beat 3 minutes. Add can milk, vanilla and baking powder and beat 5 minutes more until fluffy. Then slowly add the sifted flour and knead. Roll dough with the palm of your hands into strips ½" to ¾" in diameter. Cut into 3" pieces Dip individual pieces in sesame seeds and place on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes in a preheated 350F oven. To make a crisp cookie, turn oven off and let cookies sit in oven for 3 to 4 minutes longer.

Makes 100

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Armenian stick cookie (SIMIT)

5 cups flour
3 tsp. B.P.
¼ cup sugar
½ tsp. salt
1 can evap. milk
1 yeast cake
1 cup lukewarm water
1 tsp. either vanilla flavoring, anise seed or mahleb
½ lb. butter
½ cup shortening

For basting:
2 eggs
¼ lb. sesame seed

Mix dry ingredients. Melt shortening and butter. Add milk, sugar, yeast mixture and flavoring. Knead until dough leaves sides of bowl. Dough should not be too soft. Cover and set aside to rise until double - about three hours. Break off walnut size pieces. Roll into pencil shape. Line up rolled simit close to each other so as to baste with beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seed. Then place on greased cookie sheet in U-shapes. Bake in preheated 350F oven about 35 to 40 minutes.

Bakes 40-50

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Armenian cookie (HAIGAGAN ANOUSH)

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
4 eggs (2 whole eggs, plus 2 yolks)
2 tsp. B.P.
3½ cups browned flour
sesame seeds
1 egg and 1 tbsp. milk
(for brushing tops)

Cream butter, add sugar gradually and add one egg at a time. Beat thoroughly, then add baking powder and flour. Knead lightly and shape as desired and put on greased trays. Brush tops with egg and milk mixture and sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Put on ungreased cookie sheet in preheated 350F oven for 10-12 minutes.

Makes 48

Note: To make browned flour, put flour in frying pan on high heat, stirring until brown.