Spiral-patterned Stick Cookies

Directions

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   Combine the vegetable oil, milk, and sugar together in a bowl and mix with a whisk well.
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   Add in the flour and fold in with a rubber spatula.
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   Once it's no longer moist, pour the dough into a plastic bag.
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   (Depending on the temperature and humidity, it may turn crumbly.
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   Don't worry if it's a bit powdery.)
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   Fold the dough until it's no longer lumpy and then gently roll it out with a rolling pin.
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   Be careful not to rip the dough.
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   (This time I rolled it out to a 24 x 27 cm piece that was 1 mm thick.)
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   If the dough is too soft to handle, put it in the fridge for 10 minutes to rest.
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    Coat with the sugar and flour leaving about 2 cm of one side un-coated.
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    Starting from the side opposite of the uncovered side, roll up the dough.
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    Then roll out the dough to 5 mm thick.
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    (Sprinkle some sugar on top if you'd like.)
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    Cut the dough into 5-6 mm wide slices with a kitchen knife.
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    Bake in an oven at 160C for 12-15 minutes and it's done!
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    (I used a gas oven.)
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    You can also make different versions by using cocoa, kinako flour, coffee or tea leaves.
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    It's also nice to make this with crystal sugar or raw cane sugar, instead of granulated sugar.
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    You can make this quickly whenever you feel like eating sweets.
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    If you are making this as a gift, it tastes better if you use butter instead of vegetable oil.
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    [Sesame & Coconut version] White sesame seeds + coconut + granulated sugar.