Greek Pastries
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Orange Cake
Beat butter and sugar for 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time. Mix flour with baking soda and add slowly to creamed mixture. Bake in buttered pan at 350 for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown. Recipe by Matina Manes Continue reading
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Coconut Cake
Mix sugar and butter together until well blended. Beat egg whites together and then egg yolks together. Add both to sugar mixture. Mix in flour, baking powder mixing well, add sego milk and coconut. Bake in oblong cake pan at 350 for 35-40 minutes. Pour syrup over cake while warm. Let cool completely before serving.… Continue reading
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Christmas Crescents
Dough Mix flour, sugar, and salt together. Cut butter into flour mixture. Mix yeast with warm water adding a pinch of sugar in a small bowl. Separate eggs and beat egg yolks. Add yeast and egg yolks to the flour mixture. Knead dough well. Chill overnight. Filling Beat together filling ingredients. Divide dough into 4… Continue reading
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Kourabethes
Melt butter and cool, remove salt. Pour out of pan slowly and salt will remainin the bottom of the pan. Beat on med-high speed until creamy. Mix egg yolks with powdered sugar and vanilla. Pour into butter and mix well. Add almonds. Add flour a cup at a time mixing well after each addition. Roll… Continue reading
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Padayemista
Melt butter, add milk and mix well. Add flour a cup at a time. Mix well until dough is easy to work with. Mix walnuts, sugar and cinnamon together. Take 1″ pieces of dough and using hand pat until round and flat. Add 1 tsp. mixture in middle of dough. Wrap folding ends under. Place… Continue reading
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Melomakarona
Beat together butter, oil, Crisco, and eggs; add sugar and beat until the mixture whitens. Add orange juice and rind mixing well. Fold in nuts and flour. Mix until a nice dough forms that rolls out without being sticky. Roll into 1 inch balls and flatten with palm of hand. Bake at 350 for 15-20… Continue reading
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Karidopeta
Beat egg yolks with sugar. Beat egg whites until stiff. Add egg yolk mixture into egg whites. Mix together rest of ingredients and add to egg mixture. Pour into well greased pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Syrup for Karidopeta Combine ingredients and bring to boil. Boil for 10 minutes. Pour hot syrup over… Continue reading
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Melomakarona
Beat together butter, oil, and Crisco. Beat sugar, vanilla, and eggs together. Add to butter mixture and mix well. Add orange juice, rind, and baking soda mixing well. Fold in nuts and flour. Mix until a nice dough forms that rolls out without being sticky. Roll into 1 inch balls and flatten with palm of… Continue reading
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Nut Filled Crescents
Dough Filling Frosting Cut butter into flour until crumbly; add egg yolk and sour cream. Blend well and form into a ball. Chill for several hours or overnight. Mix filling ingredient together until well blended. Divide dough in half (keep other half in fridge) roll out dough and cut into triangles. Place 1 tsp. of… Continue reading
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