Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona). Gooey, sticky traditional melomakarona or Greek Christmas honey cookies with delicious festive flavours. There's no way you'll be able to eat just one! Don't keep these Greek Christmas honey cookies in the fridge.
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… Melomakarona, the most popular Greek Christmas Cookie! While the white pretty kourabiedes are more of a fancy type of cookie, melomakarona (pronounced melomakárona) are the dark, decadent, succulent cookies, juicy and dripping honey all over the place.
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Gooey, sticky traditional melomakarona or Greek Christmas honey cookies with delicious festive flavours. There's no way you'll be able to eat just one! Don't keep these Greek Christmas honey cookies in the fridge.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have greek christmas cookies (melomakarona) using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona):
- {Prepare 1 of kilo All Purpose Flour.
- {Get 1/2 cup of Semolina.
- {Take 100 grams of Sugar.
- {Take 1/2 liter of Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil.
- {Make ready 200 ml of fresh Orange Juice.
- {Take 1 teaspoon of Cinnamon.
- {Prepare 2 teaspoons of Baking Powder.
- {Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of soda.
- {Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of Nutmeg (Optional).
- {Get 1/4 teaspoon of grated Clove.
- {Take 2 of grated Orange Peels.
- {Make ready of Syrup:.
- {Prepare 500 grams of Sugar.
- {Take 500 ml of Water.
- {Prepare 200 grams of Honey.
- {Prepare 250 grams of Walnuts chopped.
These Greek Christmas honey cookies (melomakarona) are super quick to bake, so much fun to make and As with most holidays in Greece, Greek Christmas also revolves around food! This means that these are these festive days of the year to make all these. Photo and text by Panos Diotis and Mirella Kaloglou. Calories (per serving) Our personal favorites are the Melomakarona (pronounced mel-low-ma-KA-row-na); melomakarona are honey-orange-clove-cinnamon syrup-drenched soft cookies.
Steps to make Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona):
- A) In a large bowl add all the ingredients except for the flour. Once all is combined add in the flour a little at a time and knead all the ingredients until it has become one mass..
- B) Take a small piece of dough at a time and start to knead in your hands and shaping it in the form of an egg. Place each one Melomakarano into a large baking pan and bake for 10 minutes at 180 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown..
- C) In a large sauce pan add in the ingredients for the syrup and boil for about 15 minutes and until thickened..
- D) When the cookies have baked pour the hot syrup over them and top with the chopped Walnuts..
- I wanted to thank my Aunt Soula in Greece, and my mom for treating us with their delicious Christmas Cookies. 🙂 Euxaristo poli Theia Soula…na ste kala kai Kales Giortes. Kali Orexi!!! Kala Xristougenna kai Kales Giortes everyone!! With the recipe I am wishing everyone A very Merry Xmas, Happy Holidays to all!!! 🙂.
Lay the cookies out in a rimmed baking pan large enough to contain them and pour the hot syrup over the cookies, sprinkle them with the chopped walnuts and let them soak overnight. A melomakarona recipe perfect for the holiday season. You'd never know these Greek Christmas cookies are gluten-free and vegan! There is something about childhood traditions that make feel all cozy inside, especially the holiday centered. These are soft cookies dipped in a honey syrup and covered with chopped walnuts.
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