Krasokouloura or Wine Cookies (Greece)

Name: Krasokouloura or Wine Cookies (Greece)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 50 spirals, 50 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup white wine; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 pinch salt; 1/2 cup sunflower oil; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 2 tablespoons sesame seeds, preferrably toasted; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 8 cups all-purpose flour (more or less); 2 teaspoons baking powder; 4 tablespoons sesame seeds, again

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Recipe by Sydney Mike

This is an easy working Greek cookie dough & can be worked into various shapes, including the more traditional sprial, ring & S shapes! NOTE: Cooking time is based on having three baking sheets to go in the oven, one after the other! This recipe is very kid-in-the-kitchen friendly!

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READY IN: 1hr 50mins

SERVES: 50

YIELD: 50 spirals

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

cup white wine
1

cup granulated sugar
1

pinch salt
¹⁄₂

cup sunflower oil
¹⁄₂

cup olive oil
¹⁄₂

teaspoon ground cinnamon
¹⁄₄

teaspoon ground cloves
2

tablespoons sesame seeds, preferrably toasted
1

teaspoon baking soda
2

tablespoons lemon juice
8

cups all-purpose flour (more or less)
2

teaspoons baking powder
4

tablespoons sesame seeds, again

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 340 degrees F.
In a large bowl, beat together wine, sugar, salt, oils, cinnamon, cloves & 2 tablespoons sesame seeds.
Dissolve baking soda in lemon juice & stir that blend into the mixture in the large bowl.
Sift or whisk flower & baking powder together, then add 5 cups of this mixture to the large bow with the initial ingredients, mixing with handsl
Continue adding flour & kneading until dough doesn't stick to the hands ~ Don't use all the flour if it isn't needed! Knead until dough is soft, about 8 minutes.
TO MAKE SPIRALS ~ Take a piece of dough about the size of a small egg & squeeze a few times to soften. Scatter a few sesame seeds on the work surface & roll dough through seeds into a strip about 8 inches long. With strip on work surface, wrap into a spiral shape & tuck the end under the cookie.
TO MAKE RINGS ~ Take a smaller piece of dough & roll out as above into a strip about 7 inches long. Form into a ring & pinch ends together with wet fingers.
TO MAKE 'S' SHAPES ~ Take a larger piece of dough & roll out as above into a strip about 10 inches long. Working from both ends, wrap spirals in opposite directions until they meet in the middle.
Place cookies on a nonstick or lightly oiled baking sheet & bake about 30 minutes.

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