Moustokouloura (soft grape must cookies)
Posted on Nov 8, 2010 in Desserts | 26 comments
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup grape must
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 cup olive or vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vinegar
- 2 teaspoons cognac
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1.5 teaspoons baking soda (powder)
- 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1.5 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
METHOD
- Beat in a blender for 1′ all the liquid ingredients.
- Sieve all the dry ingredients.
- Add the dry ingredients into the mixture of liquid ingredients.
- Mix all ingredients gently until it becomes a soft dough (a little more tight than cake dough).
- Pour the mixture into a piping bag.
- Add a nonstick baking paper into a baking pan and make any shape you want with the piping bag.
If you do not have piping bag, you can add a quantity of dough with a spoon. In this case you should be careful not to make the dough too thick because it might not be cooked in the middle.
- Bake at 160oC, in the middle position in oven for 15′-20′ accordingly.
I am Livya from Greece, I'm 27 years old, I love cooking and I work as graphic-web designer.
This is something unique I’ve never seen before! So they’re shaped like doughnuts but they’re not.. and they are called “cookies” but they’re soft textured like a sponge cake? Forgive me if I am way off, I am just intrigued! Looks good!!
hello Kimba!
well, we are used to make moustokouloura in that shape (mousto=grape must , kouloura or koulouria=cookies).
They are not so soft as a sponge cake because the dough is a little more tight than cake dough.
it looks awesome.. nice with lemonade i guess:)
yes, Yesim!
they are great with fruit juice of even… coffee!
These sound and look really good. Have to figure out where to get the ‘grape must’.
here in Greece some bakeries sell grape must. but you can try to find in wineries…
This is so unusual…yet, it looks quite easy to make. I love the combination of the grape must, orange juice, the cognac, and of course the spices. The cocoa also adds a bit of a chocolate flavor. I notice no sugar was added, since the sweet flavor of the must is all that is needed, and the sweet/tart flavor of the orange juice.
I virtually memorized the recipe. Superb!
elisabeth as you said it is very easy to make! try it!
Pardon my naive-ness, but what is grape must? These sound super interesting but I’m at a loss ha
hello Evan!
grape must is the juice pressed from grapes before it has fermented.
you can read more here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape_must
The ingredients sound delicious. Can regular grape juice replace the grape must?
no, you can’t replace the grape must with a regular grape juice because you need the density and bitterness of grape must.
Wow I’ve never seen anything like this! Do they taste sort of like doughnuts? Or is it more of a cookie?
hello!
they are more like cookies!
Haven’t had these since last I was in Greece in the fall. Going to see if I can find the must here to make them. I’m sure I can, just a matter of tracking it down. Thnx for this
It’s new to me but these are perfect and yum…
How creative! I love it!
i looked up must in wiki. and saw your cookies mentioned there. typically greece! it has to be store-bought i guess. i’ve added it to my recipes but dunno if i can get hold of grape must.
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that looks fantastic with freshly brewed coffee! i like!
they look great, I’m thinking that “grape must” is a sort of unsweetened grape juice, or am I wrong? Never heart of “grape must” before
It seems I was almost right, looked on internet for grape must. Now I have to find out where I can buy it.
Never seen a recipe like this but it looks delicious. Any idea where i can buy grape must from? Hehe
They look so interesting! I just love the photo!
That photo looks delicious! I’d love to make these, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen grape must around here. I’ll have to ask.
Loving these! The picture makes them look so appetizing!!
You could use instead of grape must the pekmez(Turkish) or petimezi(Greek)
which is boiled to a syrup grape must.In this case you don`t use sugar.
1 cup gape must=1 cup pekmez. All Turkish grossery shops sell it.