4 greek christmas cookies Recipes

butter, softened, egg yolks, baking powder, baking soda, flour, icing sugar, brandy, almond extract (optional), almonds, chopped and roasted, some rose water or orange flower water (available in many ethnic groceries) or ouzo, extra icing sugar , for rolling the cookies in

light olive oil or 1 1/2 cups corn oil, butter, at room temperature, beer (or more ) or 1 cup orange juice (or more), ground cinnamon, oranges , zest of, grated, sugar, fine ground semolina (cream of wheat or farina), flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, sugar, greek thyme honey, water, walnuts, finely chopped

unsalted butter (500g), caster sugar (130g), egg yolks, brandy (50ml), vanilla powder (two packets) or vanilla extract (2 tsp), plain flour (600g), blanched almond, chopped (60g), icing sugar (for the coating at the end )