Krasokouloura Or Wine Cookies (Greece) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup white 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

Preparation

Preheat oven to 340 degrees F.
In a large bowl, beat together wine, sugar, salt, oils, cinnamon, cloves & 2 tablespoons sesame seeds.
Dissolve baking soda in lemon juice & stir that blend into the mixture in the large bowl.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Place cookies on a nonstick or lightly oiled baking sheet & bake about 30 minutes.