Krasokouloura Or Wine Cookies (greece)

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup 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

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 340 degrees f.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat together wine, sugar, salt, oils, cinnamon, cloves & 2 tablespoons sesame seeds.
• 3 dissolve baking soda in lemon juice & stir that blend into the mixture in the large bowl.
• 4 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
• 5 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.
• 6 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.
• 7 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.
• 8 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.
• 9 place cookies on a nonstick or lightly oiled baking sheet & bake about 30 minutes.