• 1/2 cup of sweet butter
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 2 egg yolks and 1/2 white
  • 2 oz. of milk
  • 1/2 oz. of Metaxa
  • Some grated orange
  • 2 1/2 cups of flour sifted with 1/2 t of baking powder
  • Beat butter and sugar and add well-beaten eggs.
  • Add Metaxa and grated orange peel.
  • Add flour, a little at a time, until there is enough to shape the dough.
  • After you have placed Koulouria on a cookie sheet you may brush each with a beaten yolk to which a little sugar has been added. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
  • Bake in a slow oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
    Cool on rack.