Melomakarona - Greek Christmas Honey Cookies (Less Sweet Version)
Full of orange and spice fragrance and taste! And it's a less sweet version!
Ingredients
Syrup
- 1 Orange
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
- 2 Cloves
- 250 mL Water
- 200 g White Sugar
- 60 g Honey
Cookies Mix (Group 1)
- 200 mL Orange Juice
- 200 mL Vegetable Oil
- 90 mL Olive Oil
- 25 g Icing Sugar
- ¼ tsp Cloves
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp Nutmeg
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 Orange, Zest
Cookies Mix (Group 2)
- 500 g Plain flour
- 100 g Fine Semolina flour
Toppings
- Honey
- Chopped Walnuts
Instructions
Syrup
- Cut the orange in half.
- Add all the ingredients together in a small pot.
- Heat it up until all the sugar melts.
- Leave it to cool down completely.
Cookies
- Mix all the ingredients in group 1 and group 2 separately in 2 bowls.
- Make a well in the middle of the flour mix (group 2), and pour the group 1 mixture in it.
- Mix with a spoon until just combined. (Don't over-mix!)
- Preheat the oven to 190°C.
- Take 30g of cookies dough, and shape it to an oval shape. Use a knife to cut 3 lines diagonally, and another 3 lines interlock the first 3 lines, forming some diamond grid shapes. Repeat for the rest of the dough.
- Bake for 20-25minutes. Once it's ready, soak the hot cookies in the syrup for 10-15 seconds. Leave the cookies on a wire rack to cook down.
- Serve with honey and chopped walnuts on top.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Akis Petretzikis.