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[Zoeliculious (Zoe)]

I made Koulourakia this morning, a Greek butter cookie.

What are you baking? April 2026

First bake of the month. Koulourakia, which are Greek butter cookies. They are served year-round, but are especially associated with Easter. Some recipes, such as this Cypriot koulourakia, incorporate mastic and mahlepi / mahleb into an Easter version of the cookie. This was my first time to bake Kolourakia. I used this Lemon and Olives recipe that calls for vanilla and brandy, but no orange zest or orange juice. I used Metaxa, a Greek Brandy. before baking [PXL_20260401_160734141~2] after …