Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona)
Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona)

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, greek christmas cookies (melomakarona). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Once you try these Greek Christmas honey cookies (melomakarona!) with their gooey centres and delicious If you visit Greece close to Christmas, you'll eat far too many of these delicious Christmas honey cookies. Imagine a cross between baklava and an ooey, gooey pecan pie and you've got these. These Greek Christmas honey cookies (melomakarona) are super quick to bake, so much fun to make and highly Making these sweet little Greek honey cookies always makes me realize that it's Christmas time!

Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have greek christmas cookies (melomakarona) using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona):
  1. Make ready 1 kilo All Purpose Flour
  2. Make ready 1/2 cup Semolina
  3. Make ready 100 grams Sugar
  4. Take 1/2 liter Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
  5. Take 200 ml fresh Orange Juice
  6. Make ready 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  7. Get 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  8. Take 1/2 teaspoon soda
  9. Get 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg (Optional)
  10. Take 1/4 teaspoon grated Clove
  11. Take 2 grated Orange Peels
  12. Take Syrup:
  13. Get 500 grams Sugar
  14. Get 500 ml Water
  15. Make ready 200 grams Honey
  16. Take 250 grams Walnuts chopped

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. 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. A melomakarona recipe perfect for the holiday season.

Instructions to make Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona):
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. C) In a large sauce pan add in the ingredients for the syrup and boil for about 15 minutes and until thickened.
  4. D) When the cookies have baked pour the hot syrup over them and top with the chopped Walnuts.
  5. 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!!! 🙂

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 amazingly aromatic little cakes are a traditional Greek Christmas sweet…called "Melomakarona". Try to keep them as similar as possible. Christmas is nearly there and in Greece this means we buy, eat, treat or make melomakarona.

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