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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (47g) Recipe makes 18 servings
Calories 256
Calories from Fat 148		(57%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 16.5g	25%
	Saturated Fat 2.2g	11%
	Monounsaturated Fat 5.8g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 7.7g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg		0%
Sodium 35mg		1%
Potassium 44mg		1%
Total Carbohydrate 26.0g		8%
	Dietary Fiber 0.8g	3%
	Sugars 14.6g
Protein 2.4g		4%
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Turkish Sand Cookies (Curabies)

Recipe #386509 | 50 min | 20 min prep | add private note

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By: Renee in Yerushalayim
Aug 21, 2009

I loved baking these simple, crumbly curabies (pronounced: "coo-rah-beez'" and you have to roll the "r" with my grandmother who was born and raised in Izmir, Turkey. They are just the thing end a satisfying meal. Grandma Ida always served them with fresh cut fruit and a cup of steaming tea.

SERVES 18 , 36 cookies (change servings and units)

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 cup oil
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup walnuts or pecans, ground fine
2 cups flour
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

1
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, oil, baking soda and cinnamon. Add nuts and flour and knead together for 2 minutes until the dough is soft and smooth.
2
Shape dough into walnut sized balls or triangles and place 1” apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 30 minutes until barely browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool before moving. Sift confectioners sugar over tops when completely cooled.
3
Keeps well for a week in a tightly sealed container.