Easter cookies with orange (lenten)

Nistisima koulourakia portokaliou

Ingredients

  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup orange
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • zest of 2 oranges
  • 1,5 kg all-purpose flour (approximately) sifted
  • 20gr baking powder
  • 4 vanilla flavour (powder)

Method

  1. In a big bowl add the oil, the orange juice, the sugar, the vanilla flavour and stir all the ingredients gently.
  2. Slowly add some flour and stir.
  3. Add baking powder and continue stirring.
  4. Add the rest flour and knead until the dough is soft and do not stick on hands.
  5. Shape cookies into whatever shape you want.
  6. Place them in baking paper and bake in preheated oven at 160oC-170oC for 15′-20′.