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Greek Christmas Honey Cookies - Melomakarona This recipe for melomakarona (Christmas honey cookies with walnuts) is from Akis' show, "Πρωινό μου". I am sharing it with you because it is really worth trying! You can cook Melomakarona by Akis using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Melomakarona by Akis

Prepare 1 of Mixture.
It's 400 ml of orange juice.
You need 400 ml of vegetable oil.
Prepare 180 ml of olive oil.
It's 50 g of icing sugar.
It's 1/2 tsp of clove.
You need 2-3 of tsp cinnamon.
You need 1/4 of nutmeg.
It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
Prepare of zest of 2 oranges.
Prepare 2 of Mixture.
It's 1 kg of flour.
Prepare 200 g of fine semolina.
You need of For the syrup.
It's 500 ml of water.
It's 800 g of sugar.
Prepare 150 g of honey.
You need 1 of orange cut in half.
It's 3 of cinnamon sticks.
It's 3 of whole cloves.

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Melomakarona by Akis step by step

Boil the ingredients for the syrup 3-4 hours before you start making the melomakarona so that there is enough time for the syrup to cool..
When it boils, remove from heat and add the honey. Let it cool..
Mix all the ingredients for mixture 1 thoroughly using a good whisk..
Add the ingredients of mixture 2 and mix softly for a little while, just until the flour is fully incorporated in the rest of the mix.
Form your melomakarona and make a crosshatch pattern on the top of the cookies (you can just poke them with a fork). Bake at 190°C for about 20-25 minutes until they are crispy..
Dip the hot melomakarona into the cold syrup and leave them for 20 seconds, then strain them..
Dilute some honey with some water. Place the melomakarona on a platter, drizzle the diluted honey over them and sprinkle with walnuts..

Melomakarona are honey and nut Greek cookies that are traditionally enjoyed during the Christmas and New Year's holidays. The melomakarono is an egg-shaped Greek dessert made mainly from flour, olive oil, and honey. Along with the kourabies it is a traditional dessert prepared primarily during the Christmas holiday season. Akis' Greek Christmas Honey Cookies (Melomakarona) in Sign Language These Greek Christmas honey cookies (melomakarona) are super quick to bake, so much fun to make and highly addictive!