Olive Oil Cookies: Greek Ladokouloura (VEGAN)

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Makes about 45 cookies:
1 and 1/2 cups olive oil or vegetable oil
3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1/4 cup water
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
4 cups all purpose flour
​zest of 2 oranges
1 teaspoon baking powder
​1/2 teaspoon baking soda
​1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sesame seeds or ground walnuts

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, 180 degrees Celsius.

​Zest the oranges before juicing them.
​Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and orange zest in a large bowl and whisk all the ingredients together.
​In another bowl, combine the olive oil, orange juice, water, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and vanilla extract. Whisk well to incorporate all of the ingredients.
Add the flour mixture a little at a time whisking to combine.
When the mixture becomes to thick to whisk, mix the rest of the flour in with your hands.
​Add the sesame seeds and mix until combined.
​At this point the dough will seem wet and sticky.
Set it aside for 5 minutes and it will come together and become a very pliable cookie dough.
​Cut the dough into walnut sized balls. This recipe makes about 45.
​Roll the balls into logs and place onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Leave some room in between each cookie for rising. They will also spread slightly while baking.
Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until the cookies become slightly browned around the edges.
​It is a good idea to also rotate the trays halfway through baking. Switch the bottom tray to the upper rack and the top tray on the bottom. This will ensure even baking.
Cool the cookies on cooling racks.
​Serve and enjoy!

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[annastamiris]

Thank you Dimitra, I've been making them for 40years but in logs and cut and recook and so on, your recipe is so much easier and quicker and very delicious 😋 just make a big batch today. Kalo Mina and keep well, kind regards , you are a very good cook.❤️🧿🇬🇷

[hallehgaradagiyan]

Thank you Dimitra, I just made this, my dough was quite soft, i had to add 1/4 cup flour to be able to handle it, but the cookies turned out very nice, thank you

[goingplacestravel]

Just tried making them this week. They are delicious. I actually put both walnuts and Sesame seeds in the dough before mixing. I love these cookies with walnuts and the orange and cinnamon flavors are amazing together. Thank you for sharing this recipe.

[vickitewfik]

I made those today. They felt wet! So i added some almond flour which was just perfect. They came out amazing. Thankyou for sharing your recipe. 💜

[georgiarondos]

I really appreciate the precision in the recipe, it's difficult to get from mamas or yiayias!

[ellinidatriandafilo]

Actually I just made these!! My 100% Greek dad really enjoyed them!!❤❤❤
Thank you !!

[typower]

In Morocco there are similar biscuits, but even simpler. Just flour, sugar, salt, and plain olive oil (the one people cook with)/ other cooking oils. Don't remember there being cinnamon in them. They are pale. I was amazed, having watched them being made, that so few and simple ingredients could make such delicious biscuits (US 'cookies').

[semirahussein]

My little boy doesn't really like sweets, no cake, no cookies, no candies. He is a picky eater but he loves your cookie recipe.Thanks you

[findingvedanta]

Baked these, this afternoon. They came out very mild-flavored, and slightly crumbly. (I’d never had these before, so wasn’t sure if that’s what they were meant to be like). Myself, next time, I’ll double the amount of Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice, add extra vanilla, and maybe some Ceylon Cinnamon…, but then, again, it wouldn’t be this biscuits, anylonger, would it?
Also, since as a novice baker, I couldn’t get them to twist without crumbling, I patted them flat, instead, and they came out as big fat soft cookies (kinda like crumbly biscuits). They DID taste better when dipped in Coffee :)) I’ll try them again. What I LOVED MOST about them: No commercial flavored HFCS, dough conditioners, etc… No artificial Aftertaste. For these, alone, the trying these out, was totally worth it! :))

[rula]

Thank you Dimitra, the best koulourakia recepie, my kids love it, delicious 👏👏

[teresastanton]

Thank you for the recipe, look forward to making them.

[seramaselli]

Amazing cookie. Thanks for sharing your amazing tips 😃

[Momzie]

Yummies!!! You always make good stuff that I love to try, so far I’ve made about 8 recipes from you and they all turned out very nice my bf loves it!!! Thank you for doing such a wonderful job!

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[cindychristie]

Made these today, just quartered the recipe to see how they turn out, looking good in oven so far!!! Might try
veg oil next time, add walnuts and a little sesame seeds!!! Good for fasting if you use veg oil!!!

[chibadzwa]

A long time favorite. Thank you for the demonstration and recipe. I'll be making them.

[malcolmlewis]

I have made these five time now. Very popular with the family and friends. Great to take to a function as they are a surprising delight.

[ejf]

Looks delicious!! Where did you buy your juicer from I didn’t see on your list thx!

[Damian.D]

I love these, I buy them at the bakeries in Greece in summer, thank you very much for the recipe! I eat them with yoghurt, by the way :)

[stime]

Sounds delicious. Will try to make it. Thanks