Recipe: Yummy Vickys Greek Koulourakia - 'Cinnamon Cookies', GF DF EF SF NF

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There are a bunch of different recipes for this cookie, but basically it… Greek Easter Cookies. If Italian biscotti were to have a dainty, Greek cousin, it would be koulourakia. Crispy on the outside, but tender on the inside, these cookies are buttery, with a hint of orange essence. You can have Vickys Greek Koulourakia - 'Cinnamon Cookies', GF DF EF SF NF using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Vickys Greek Koulourakia - 'Cinnamon Cookies', GF DF EF SF NF

1. Prepare 225 ml of olive oil.
2. You need 90 ml of sweet red wine.
3. You need 45 ml of fresh orange juice.
4. You need 35 g of granulated sugar.
5. It's 25 g of roasted sesame seeds.
6. Prepare of grated zest of 1/2 an orange.
7. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of ground cinnamon.
8. It's 1/2 tsp of ground cloves / cardamom.
9. You need 1/4 tsp of baking soda / bicarb.
10. Prepare 500 g of gluten-free / plain flour.
11. It's 1/2 tbsp of baking powder.
12. It's 1/4 tsp of xanthan gum if using gf flour.
13. You need of soft brown sugar as required.

And, they're so small that you don't feel bad reaching for. So Greeks love olive oil and they use a lot of it, actually the most from any other country. One of the reasons is because here in Greece, most recipes use olive oil even in desserts. One of those sweet recipes are the much-loved Greek olive oil cookies.

Vickys Greek Koulourakia - 'Cinnamon Cookies', GF DF EF SF NF step by step

1. In a large bowl, mix together the oil, wine, orange juice, granulated sugar, sesame seeds, orange zest, cinnamon and cloves.
2. Sieve the baking powder, baking soda and xanthan gum with the flour into the bowl and knead until you form a soft dough. If using gluten-free flour, keep a handful of flour back and add it to the mixture only if required.
3. Preheat the oven to gas 3 / 170C / 325F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
4. Pinch off golfball-sized pieces of dough and roll into thin sausage shapes.
5. Form into an ornate S shape as shown and place on the baking sheet.
6. Sprinkle with the brown sugar and bake for 25 - 30 minutes.
7. Let cool for 5 minutes on the tray before transferring to a wire rack to cool.

Melomakarona are Greek Christmas cookies made with cinnamon and cloves, soaked in a honey-orange syrup, and topped with brown sugar and walnuts. As if this weren't amazing enough, I decided to smother them in chocolate. The name for Koulourakia comes from their round twisted shape. A "kouloura" (koo-LOU-rah) in Greek is a round twist. The name for these traditional butter cookies comes from their round twisted shape, but you will also see Koulourakia as small braids or in. koulourakia / wine cookies.