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I bumped into a recipe called "Cretan Spice Cookies" but I think others also call them "Greek Spice Cookies"...

Anyway, I ate them recently somewhere and I found a recipe. I am questioning the ingredients. Why milk? Also, there's no eggs?

1 cup olive oil
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup warm milk
2 t baking soida
1 t ground cinnamon
1 t ground cloves
6 cups flour
 
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I bumped into a recipe called "Cretan Spice Cookies" but I think others also call them "Greek Spice Cookies"...

Anyway, I ate them recently somewhere and I found a recipe. I am questioning the ingredients. Why milk? Also, there's no eggs?

1 cup olive oil
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup warm milk
2 t baking soida
1 t ground cinnamon
1 t ground cloves
6 cups flour
I am questioning the milk in the recipe. I think of these also as "olive oil cookies". I would consider omitting the milk and using freshly squeezed orange juice instead. if you do that, I would reduce the sugar to maybe 1/3 of a cup or 1/2 of a cup.
 
I bumped into a recipe called "Cretan Spice Cookies" but I think others also call them "Greek Spice Cookies"...

Anyway, I ate them recently somewhere and I found a recipe. I am questioning the ingredients. Why milk? Also, there's no eggs?

1 cup olive oil
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup warm milk
2 t baking soida
1 t ground cinnamon
1 t ground cloves
6 cups flour
Hi! I'm not sure about the milk, either, but I have a recipe from my Yiayia called Ladokouloura, which are cinnamon cookies. She would make them during Lent, so they're vegan and don't have any eggs or milk. Here's a link to my recipe, if you'd like to give them a try!
 

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