Paximadia (Paximathia) are twice baked Greek cookies that are very similar to the Italian biscotti. They are a firm dunking cookie but they can also easily be eaten on their own. There are many versions of paximadia; this recipe is full of spices and chopped nuts.

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Ingredients:
3 cups sugar
3 ⅓ cups vegetable oil or other light flavoured oil
1 ⅓ cups milk we used 2% milk
5 large eggs
4 tbsp baking powder
2 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
1 ½ cups combined crushed walnuts/almonds
10 cups sifted all purpose flour
1 tsp vegetable oil

paximadia are twice baked Greek cookies
this recipe of ours is full of spices
and chopped nuts to begin in the bowl of
your stand mixer combine the sugar and
oil and beat for about 5 minutes next
add the milk and eggs and one at a time
beat for another 5 minutes next add your
mix nuts and mix until just combined in
a small bowl combine the baking powder
and cinnamon with 1/4 cup of your flour
whis to combine and then add it to the
bowl of your mixer begin adding the rest
of the flour at this time you will like
have to transfer the dough to a larger
mixing bowl to finish kneading by hand
the dough should feel a little bit dense
and tough to prevent it from spreading
too much while baking at the same time
it should feel soft and it will be a
little bit sticky separate out your
dough into 425 G portions form the dough
into logs which are about 2 to 2 and 1/2
in wide and place an aligned baking tray
the length of the log should be the
width of the baking pan flatten a little
bit using your hands lightly score the
dough horizontally about 1/3 of the way
deep and about 1 in apart bake for 25 to
30 minutes remove from the oven and
while still hot is in the pan cut your
dough using a sharp straight edge knife
all the way through flip each piece on
its
side broil for 1 to 2 minutes per side
watch them carefully they can go from
perfect to too hard or burnt very
quickly enjoy and happy dunking

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