Grabe (butter cookies). Mix together the butter, sugar, and orange flower water until light and creamy. Sift together flours, salt and cardamom and stir into butter mixture until well combined. Form dough into grape-sized balls, then shape balls into wreaths, diamonds, "s" shapes, etc. (or leave round).

In a mixer, using the paddle, mix together the sugar and butter until creamy using medium speed. Use a spoon to clear the side of the bowl every now and again. Add peanut butter to the mixture. You can have Grabe (butter cookies) using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Grabe (butter cookies)

It's 500 grams of butter (salted).
Prepare 3/4 cup of caster sugar.
You need 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence.
It's 5 cups of cake flour.
You need as needed of Almond nuts.

In a separate bowl sift the dry ingredients. Mix on high for a few minutes. To bake these tasty middle eastern cookies you start off by mixing the butter/ghee with the powdered sugar using your hand, then add the flour and mix until it's well combined. Beat butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to reach a spreading consistency.

Grabe (butter cookies) step by step

Set oven on 180 degrees C. With paddle attachment cream butter and sugar well.
Add vanilla, mix well.
Add flour one cup at a time until well incorporated. It will look crumbly but will come together nicely in you hand.
Take small amounts of the dough and squeeze in your hand, place on baking tray and place a nut on top. Press in slightly.
Bake for 12 - 15 minutes. The cookie will still be on the pale side.

If desired, tint with food coloring. Are butter cookies and shortbread cookies the same? Butter cookies are actually better than shortbread cookies! The main difference between the two is the amount of sugar and the baking temperature. Butter cookies have more sugar and bake at a higher temperature than shortbread cookies.