Ladokouloura (olive oil cookies) from Skala, Lakonia

Name: Ladokouloura (olive oil cookies) from Skala, Lakonia
Yield: about 4 trays
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 cups olive oil; 2 cups sugar; 1/2 cup cinnamon juice; 1/2 cup fresh orange juice; juice of 1/2 lemon; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/4 cup tsipouro or mastic liqueur or ouzo or cognac; 1 and a 1/2 cups sesame seeds, roasted; 2 tsp baking powder; flour, as much as it takes (about 1.5 kg)

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Delicious, fluffy and light in taste, olive oil cookies.

Recipe by mamia

Delicious, fluffy and light in taste, olive oil cookies.

Recipe by mamia

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

Delicious, fluffy and light in taste, olive oil cookies.

Recipe by mamia

Delicious, fluffy and light in taste, olive oil cookies.

Recipe by mamia

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Ingredients

about 4 trays

3 cupsolive oil
2 cupssugar
1/2 cupcinnamon juice
1/2 cupfresh orange juice
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tspbaking soda
1/4 cuptsipouro or mastic liqueur or ouzo or cognac
1and a 1/2 cups sesame seeds, roasted
2 tspbaking powder
flour, as much as it takes (about 1.5 kg)

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Steps

1

Boil 2 cinnamon sticks for 5΄ and keep 1/2 cup. Let it cool.
2

Put the sesame seeds in a frying pan over low heat and roast for a few minutes until golden brown and let them cool.
3

Sift the flour and at first mix about 1 kg of it with the baking powder.
4

Beat the sugar with the oil thoroughly for 5' until the sugar dissolves and the oil whitens..
5

Dissolve the baking soda in the juices (lemon and orange) and add it to the oil.
6

Add the cinnamon juice, the tsipouro and the flour (the 1 kg at one go and from the rest, as much as it takes).
7

Don't knead long because they will stiffen and won't get fluffy.
8

The dough should be oily and soft.
9

Let the dough rest for a while.
10

Shape the cookies and dip in the cold sesame seeds.
11

Bake for 20-25΄at 160°C until they get light golden brown.