Greek grandmas are rolling in dough for the Akron Annunciation Greek Festival

When the ladies of Akron’s Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church get together to bake, they don’t mess around.

The first ingredient in their traditional koulourakia cookies? Ten pounds of butter. And that’s just for the first batch of dough to make these golden gems that look like miniature loaves of woven bread.

“Every grandmother has them in their kitchen. Always,” said Zoe Bartz McClish, one of the ladies baking at the church. “The kids all know where the koulourakia are at the grandma’s house.”…

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