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Greek Christmas honey cookies – Melomakarona

Cooking method
Cuisine
Difficulty Intermediate
Time
Preparation time: 35 min Cooking time: 25 min Ωρα ξεκούρασης: 8 hour Total time:: 9 hrs
Portions 42
Ingredients
  • 800 grams all-purpose flour
  • 315 grams sunflower oil
  • 220 grams fresh orange juice
  • 115 grams granulated sugar
  • 60 grams cognac or liqueur
  • 5 grams baking soda
  • 5 grams baking powder
  • 5 grams cinnamon (powder)
  • 1.5 grams gillyflower (powder)
  • 460 grams water
  • 660 grams granulated sugar
  • 300 grams honey
  • 10 grams lemon juice
  • vanilla (προαιρετικά)
Instructions
  1. First start with the syrup. In a pot, add all the ingredients and when it’s boiling, let it on the stove for 5 minutes. After that, let it aside to cool down.
  2. Then start with the dough. Place all the ingredients in a bowl, except for the flour and mix well. Then, gradually add the flour, so you can have a better control of the dough.
  3. Form the melomakarona in their classic shape, roughly 35 grams each.
  4. Place them on a baking pan and then score them with a fork or whatever else you like.
  5. Bake in a preheated oven, at 180℃, set on fan, for roughly 25 minutes.
  6. When ready, remove the baking pan from the oven, pour the syrup over the melomakarona and let them absorb it, for 2 minutes. Then, flip the melomakarona for another 2 minutes.
  7. Then, flip them again and sprinkle grated walnut on them and let them on the baking pan, from 4 hours to all night.
Σημειώσεις
  1. When they are removed from the oven, you can dip them in cold syrup.
  2. Personally, if I choose the second way, I let them absorb the syrup for half a minute.
Keywords: melomakarona, Christmas, desserts