Roxakia (Dough Cookies)
By: vanillakanela
Published: Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 1:55am

Ingredients




2 tablespoons dry yeast
2 cups warm milk
1 cup olive oil
3 eggs at room temperature, lightly beaten
Flour (750 gr-1000gr)
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
For syrup
1 kilogram sugar
3 1/2 cups water
1/2 Peel& juice of lemon

Preparation

1 Melt yeast in the warm milk. Add eggs and oil slowly and then the flour till you get a soft dough. 2 Take 1/3 of dough and add walnuts, cocoa, cinnamon and cloves. Knead dough (dough will turn brown) and divide it into 3 pieces. Make 3 cords (about 15 cm length) 3 Now take the white dough and divide it into 3 pieces. Make a rectangular with each one in order to wrap with these the brown cords. Put a cord in each rectangular and wrap. 4 Cut into pieces about 4 cm in length and press them in order to broaden. 5 Put the cookies in a buttered pan and put them in a warm place to rise. 6 Heat oven to 180oC and bake them until browned (depending on the size eround 35-45 minutes) 7 Prepare the syrup: boil all the ingredients for about 6-7 minutes. While the cookies are still warm, dip them in the syrup, let them for 3-4 minutes and remove them with a slotted spoon. Pour the cookies with the left over syrup.

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