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Olive oil koulourakia with orange and cinnamon

Prep Time15

Cook Time15

Resting time20

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Greek

Servings: cookies

Calories: 107kcal

Author: Billie Bitzas

Preheat oven to 350 °F
Add your olive oil, sugars, orange juice and orange zest in a medium size bowl. Whisk a few minutes to combine.
1/2 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup brown or golden sugar, 1/2 cup orange juice, zest of one orange
In a small bowl whisk together 1/4 cup flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 2 ¼ cups flour, divided
Add this combination to the bowl containing the oil mixture. Stir well with a wooden spoon to combine.
Add 1 cup of flour and stir well to combine. Try to mix enough so all flour is incorporated.
Add another cup of flour and mix till all the ingredients are combined. At this point you'll probably want to mix with your hands.
Set aside for 20 minutes. This is a bit of a crumbly dough and letting it sit will help it become more manageable.
While your dough rests, make your cinnamon sugar by whisking together the sugar and cinnamon.
2 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Taking one tablespoon of dough (about 28-29 grams) at a time, knead in your hands, roll into a 5-6 inch log, form your shapes and place on a parchment lined baking pan. Before baking sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on top of each cookie.
Bake at 350 degrees F, in the middle rack of your oven for about 15 minutes, or until the tops are lightly golden. Let cool on a baking rack, and store in a covered container once completely cooled.

This dough can remain a bit crumbly. For this reason we sometimes find it easiest to shape the koulourakiia in an "S" shape.