Bread and Butter Pudding vs Koulourakia: Traditional Greek Butter Cookies

Both desserts lean on butter, eggs, milk and sugar, but put them to very different work. In Bread and Butter Pudding, eggs, whole milk and double cream are whisked into a vanilla custard that soaks buttered stale bread layered with raisins, baking into a golden, puffed pudding with a soft, gently wobbling, creamy centre beneath a grating of nutmeg. Koulourakia instead cream butter and sugar into an airy dough lifted by baking powder, with milk used sparingly. The dough is twisted into shapes, brushed with egg wash and baked until golden and firm, with optional orange zest adding a subtle aroma.