How To make Greek Christmas Bread

Greek Christmas Honey Cookies: Melomakarona

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Ingredients
For the Syrup:

1 and 1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 and 1/4 cup water
1 cinnamon stick
peel of an orange
1 cup honey
The Cookie Dough Dry Ingredients:

3 and 1/2 cups (500g) all-purpose flour
3/4 cup (150g) fine semolina flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
the zest of 2 oranges
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
For the Cookie Dough Wet Ingredients:

1 cup (250ml) light olive oil or veg. oil
1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup (185 ml) fresh orange juice
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
For the Topping:

3/4 cup ground walnuts
1 heaping teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 °F, 180 °C.

Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.

Make the Syrup: In a saucepan combine the sugar, water, cinnamon, and orange peel. Bring to a boil and as soon as the sugar dissolves add the honey. Remove from the heat, stir and set aside to cool.

Make the Dough: Combine all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl and whisk them together.

In another bowl, combine all of the wet ingredients and whisk together.

Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour the wet ingredients into the bowl. Gently mix together until a dough has formed. Do not over-mix or the cookies will become oily.

Form the Cookies: Take a piece of dough (walnut-sixed, about 35-40g) and roll it in your hands. Form it into an oval and then press the tips in so that they are rounded and they don't burn.

Place the dough on the prepared baking trays and then flatten the tops a bit. Pierce the top of each cookie with a fork to create a decorative pattern (see video).

Bake on the center rack of the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden and crisp.

Using a slotted spoon immediately dip the hot cookies (about 4-5 at a time) into the cool syrup. Let them soak for 20-25 seconds flipping them over a-few times.

Transfer the cookies to a serving tray and pour the remaining syrup on top.

Combine all of the topping ingredients into a small bowl and mix them together. Sprinkle over the cookies and serve!

Kali Orexi.

Notes
The cookies will keep fresh in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 weeks.

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Greek Christmas Bread: My Christopsomo Recipe

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The Dough:

2 cups (500ml) lukewarm water
1 and 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast
6 cups (1kg) all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar, or less
1/3 cup light olive oil
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon anise seeds
1/2 teaspoon ground mahlepi
1 cup (100g) ground walnuts
1 cup raisins
1 star anise, finely ground
1/2 teaspoon salt
The Glaze:

2-3 tablespoons honey
1-2 tablespoons hot water
Instructions
Make the Dough:

In a large mixing bowl combine the all-purpose flour, salt, ground star anise, mahlepi, and anise seeds. Whisk together.

In the bowl of a tabletop mixer that has been fitted with the dough hook attachment, add the water, yeast, 1-2 tablespoons of the flour and 1/4 cup of the granulated sugar. Add the remaining 3/4 cup of sugar to the flour mixture. Whisk the yeast mixture together and let it rest so that the yeast activates. About 8 minutes. The yeast is fresh (active) if a foamy cloud forms on top of the mixture.

Add the olive oil, honey, and vanilla extract along with flour mixture. Knead on low speed for 8 minutes. Add the raisins and ground walnuts and knead for an additional 2 minutes.

Lightly grease a large bowl with olive oil and transfer the dough into the bowl. Toss to coat and cover with a clean kitchen towel or with plastic wrap. Set aside to rise until doubled in volume. About 2 hours.

Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and pinch off about 250-300grams of dough. Set that aside. It will be used to decorate the top of the bread.

Transfer the remaining dough into a 10-inch round (at least 3-inch deep) baking pan lined with parchment paper. Grease the pan before adding the dough.

Cover with plastic wrap and set aside to rise for 20-30 minutes.

Cut the reserved dough into 2 portions. One should be bigger than the other. Divide the bigger piece into 4 equal pieces. Roll each portion out into a 12-inch long rope. twist 2 ropes together and do the same with the other two.

Roll the smaller portion of dough into a flat disc. Cut out 12 leaves and set aside.

Place the 2 twisted ropes on top of the bread to form a cross.

Place 3 leaves in each quarter. Cover with plastic and set aside to rise for 20-30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350 °F, 180 °C.

In a small bowl combine the honey and water and whisk together.

Brush the top of the dough generously with the honey mixture.

Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven and brush with the remaining honey mixture. Loosely cover with foil. Cut a small slit on top of the foil and return the pan to the center rack of the oven. Bake for 30-45 minutes longer. The internal temperature should read 200 °F.

Allow the bread to cool completely. Transfer to a serving platter and enjoy. Kali Orexi!

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Martha Stewart’s Tsoureki (Traditional Greek Easter Bread) | Martha Bakes Recipes | Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart shows you how to make tsoureki, commonly known as Easter bread, just in time for the holiday. This traditional Greek dish is often baked at home as a festive gift for family and friends and embellished with red hard-boiled eggs. Similar to a challah bread, tsoureki is slightly sweet and its dough is rich with eggs; each slice is crispy on the outside yet light and fluffy on the inside.

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Traditional Greek Christmas Honey Rolls easy recipe - Diples

Traditional Greek Christmas Honey Rolls easy recipe - Diples
You can prepare this Christmas honey rolls recipe, very easy and simple without a mixer. They are very tasty and I recomand you to prepare them for this holidays.
Diples are a traditional sweet made at Christmas but also at celebrations, such as engagements, weddings, baptisms, etc.
Ingredients:
For the dough
- 1 egg
- 80 g orange juice (fresh)
- 20 g ouzo
- a pinch of baking soda
- 1-2 tbsp sugar
- a pinch of salt
- 300 g soft flour
- some corn starch
For the syrup
- 200 ml of water
- 150 g of sugar
- 100 g honey
- 1/2 cinnamon stick
- orange peel

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Pork cheeks in the woodfired oven, an old Greek Christmas recipe

Pork cheeks in the woodfired oven, an old Greek Christmas recipe that we used to do on our family's pig slaughter day, around Christmas time. We left nothing go to waste. What is the traditional Christmas recipe where you are from?

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