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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have ladokouloura (olive oil cookies) from skala, lakonia using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Ladokouloura (olive oil cookies) from Skala, Lakonia:
- Prepare 3 cups olive oil
- Prepare 2 cups sugar
- Prepare 1/2 cup cinnamon juice
- Take 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
- Prepare juice of 1/2 lemon
- Take 1 tsp baking soda
- Take 1/4 cup tsipouro or mastic liqueur or ouzo or cognac
- Make ready 1 and a 1/2 cups sesame seeds, roasted
- Take 2 tsp baking powder
- Prepare flour, as much as it takes (about 1.5 kg)
You will taste the olive oil in these cookies, that's kind of the point. So don't skimp and use the cheap stuff, choose a decent quality olive oil that has a bright, fruity flavor. I love to use bittersweet chocolate chips or chunks when baking cookies so they're not overly sweet. Easy to make biscuits with olive oil and unique flavour!
Steps to make Ladokouloura (olive oil cookies) from Skala, Lakonia:
- Boil 2 cinnamon sticks for 5΄ and keep 1/2 cup. Let it cool.
- Put the sesame seeds in a frying pan over low heat and roast for a few minutes until golden brown and let them cool.
- Sift the flour and at first mix about 1 kg of it with the baking powder.
- Beat the sugar with the oil thoroughly for 5' until the sugar dissolves and the oil whitens..
- Dissolve the baking soda in the juices (lemon and orange) and add it to the oil.
- Add the cinnamon juice, the tsipouro and the flour (the 1 kg at one go and from the rest, as much as it takes).
- Don't knead long because they will stiffen and won't get fluffy.
- The dough should be oily and soft.
- Let the dough rest for a while.
- Shape the cookies and dip in the cold sesame seeds.
- Bake for 20-25΄at 160°C until they get light golden brown.
In another bowl, combine the olive oil, orange juice, water, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and vanilla extract. Leave some room in between each cookie for rising. They will also spread slightly while baking. Reminiscent of biscotti in texture, these not-too-sweet cookies are a perfect dipper for after-dinner coffee. Olive oil gives a crisp, crunchy texture to these decadent dark chocolate cookies, while a sprinkle of sea salt adds a sophisticated savoury edge.
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