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Greek honey Christmas cookies is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Greek honey Christmas cookies is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Melomakarona (μελομακάρονα) are traditional Greek Christmas cookies, that are served during Christmas time throughout Greece. The word "melomakarona" is a combination of the two words "meli", which means honey and "makarona". "Makarona" comes from the ancient word "makaria" and means blessed. Melomakarona are soft, oval-shaped Greek cookies scented with orange and cinnamon, drenched in honey syrup and covered with crushed walnuts. Families traditionally serve these honey walnut cookies at Christmastime.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook greek honey christmas cookies using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Greek honey Christmas cookies:
- Get Ingredients for the syrup
- Take 2 + 3/4 cups of granulated sugar
- Take 700 ml water
- Prepare 1 cup honey
- Prepare 4 cloves
- Make ready 3 cinnamon sticks
- Make ready 1 sliced orange
- Prepare Ingredients for the dough
- Get 1 kg flour for all uses
- Get 1 cup fine semolina
- Take 240 ml olive oil
- Prepare 280 ml seed oil
- Get 500 ml orange juice
- Take 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- Take 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Get 3 teaspoon cinnamon
- Get 1 teaspoon cloves
- Get 1/3 teaspoon nutmeg
- Take Grate 2 oranges
These amazingly aromatic little cookies are a traditional Greek Christmas treat…called "Melomakarona". Your house will be filled with aromas of orange, honey, cinnamon, and cloves… Each bite is so deliciously Christmassy…it will become an instant personal favorite! Greek Christmas Honey Cookies - Melomakarona They're a tasty mix of honey and gentle spice flavors, in a slightly crumbly cookie.
Instructions to make Greek honey Christmas cookies:
- •••●How to make the syrup●•••••
- Place all the ingredients except the honey in a saucepan to boil.
- Once they boil, remove from the heat and add the honey, stirring. Finally, let the syrup cool well.
- •••●How to make the dough●•••••
- Put in a bowl the olive oil, the seed oil, the orange juice, the icing sugar, the baking soda, the cinnamon, the clove, the nutmeg and the zest. - Mix them with a whisk or in the mixer on medium speed.
- In a second bowl, sift the flour and the semolina.
- In the bowl with the liquids add little by little the mixture with the solids.
- We shape the melomakarona to the size and shape we want by placing them in a pan with oil paste.
- Bake in a preheated oven (180 ° with air) for about 20 minutes until golden brown.
- As they come out of the oven as hot as they are, we throw them in the syrup for about 15 seconds.
- For serving, sprinkle with honey and walnuts.
Greek Christmas Honey Cookies - Melomakarona They're a tasty mix of honey and gentle spice flavors, in a slightly crumbly cookie. I can see why they're a Greek Christmas tradition. A pretty and tasty addition to any cookie plate! Try these other international cookies: Brunkager (Danish spiced Christmas cookies) Cucidati (Italian fig cookies) Persian walnut cookies (nan-e gerdui) This Melomakarona recipe creates a large batch of Honey & Spice Greek Cookies.
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