Ingredients
- 650g Flour
- 270ml Greek Yogurt
- 3 Eggs
- 200g Sugar
- 120g Melted Butter
- 1Tsp Baking Soda
- 1 Drop Vanilla EssenceOptional
For Coating
- 1 Eggs
- 10g Melted Butter
Directions
There’s nothing quite like a homemade biscuit especially when fresh straight from the oven and these are a family favourite in our house!
Albanian Kurabie is just like eating scones, the texture, the smell and the taste is very similar. Traditionally, these cookies are eaten as they are – they don’t get hard and keep for many days. However, we also serve them as an Albanian dessert by soaking them in some sugar water – yum!
Whenever I am eating these cookies I always feel like breaking them in half, spreading on some cream and adding some jam.
They come in two flavours plain / vanilla or lemon but I’ve experimented and found that you can add shredded coconut to the mixture to make some coconut versions or sprinkle with icing sugar for a sweeter taste.
Steps
1 Done | Prepare the DoughIn a large mixing bowl add all the ingredients and mix together until a dough is formed. The dough should be stick - add extra flour if you find the mixture too sticky to work with. |
2 Done | Using the extra melted butter, rub some over your hands before breaking the dough into 20 equal sized pieces and roll each piece into a ball. Before rolling each ball rub melted butter over your hands each time. |
3 Done | Place the balls of dough onto a greased / lined baking tray 5cm apart - you will need to split the balls into two batches cooking one batch at a time. |
4 Done | CookingBrush eat ball with beaten egg and place in the oven at 180 degree for 20 minutes. The Kurabie will be a light golden colour and slightly squishy in the middle. Place on a cooling rack to cool. |
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i’m an old granny, only know cups, teaspoons, etc. can you convert the gram measurements to something i can use, my doctor has Albanian heritage, i would like to make them for her, or another type of cooky, if you have any additional suggestions. plmk, tnx
Hi Sandra,
The measurements are in UK style as we are based in England, however I understand that you need the alternative measurement options. I’m currently working on a page to help the conversion please bare with me! If it helps, approx. 1 cup is 120g flour, 200g sugar and 120g butter.
I made this on 20.10.2020 and it was amazing. It was very delicious…… Crunchy on the outside…….Soft on the inside. It had the perfect balance of everything. The only thing was that I kept in the oven for 20 minutes at 180°C as written in the recipe but it were a bit undercooked. So I cooked it for more 7 minutes and then they were perfect. This dish gave me true flavours of Albania.