Greek Orange and Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients 

4-4 1/2 cups flour soft for all uses

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 cup soft butter

1 cup sugar

2 egg yolks

1/4 cup orange juice

2 tablespoons brandy

zest of 1 orange

3 tablespoons cocoa

 

Method

Sift the flour with the baking.

Cream the butter with the sugar until it becomes white.

In a bowl whisk the egg yolks and stir in the orange juice and brandy.

Pour slowly into the bowl of the mixer to incorporate the butter.

Stop beating and pour and mix the zest and the flour with the baking in installments, adding as needed to make a soft dough that does not stick to fingers.

Divide the dough into 2 parts and one if you add sifted cocoa to make chocolate.

Take a small amount of dough and roll in to balls. With finger make a hole in the middle to bottom, so you get a nice bun.

You can make and assorted cookies such as photo and design you like.

Put in a pan lined with wax paper and brush with egg yolks beaten with a little water.

Bake at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Allow to cool and store them in a box of biscuits, reserved one month.