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My dear friend has a nut allergy, and I noticed that there are so many Greek cookies and desserts with nuts!! Do you have any advice?
 
Yes Greek yogurt either plain or with fruits.
 
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Off the top of my head: profiterol, galaktoboureko, mpougatsa, kormos, loukoumades...
 
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xmelissaa said:
My dear friend has a nut allergy, and I noticed that there are so many Greek cookies and desserts with nuts!! Do you have any advice?
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You mustn't be Greek, because all Greeks have nuts and are nuts.
 
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It can be tricky to navigate, but off the top of my head, you don't need to include nuts to make the following:

Kourabedies
Galaktoboureko
Bougatsa
Koulourakia
Fanouropita
Greek Yogurt Cake
Milopita

I am sure there are others. If any of the above list nuts for some reason (I sometimes see this with kourabedies, for example), you can easily omit them.
 
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