How To make Melomacarona ( Honey Dipped Cookies )

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IN this video, we complete the melomakarona by making our honey and sugar syrup, dipping our cookies and garnishing with cinnamon and ground walnuts.

Christmas Greek Honey Cookies, Melomakarona recipe

Greek traditional Christmas cookies with crunchy-soft texture dipped in honey and topped with walnuts and cloves!!!
Still, these traditional goodies are thought to be derived from the ancient and medieval “makaria”, which were eaten during funerals. Gradual changes in the recipe and the addition of dipping them in honey led to melomakarona which etymologically is derived from the Greek word for honey meli and makaria

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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!

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

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Melomakarona - Greek Honey Cookies served at Christmas, crispy version | Fresh Piato

Melomakarona - Greek honey cookies served at Christmas, crispy version
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✔ Ingredients: (Yield 75 cookies)
For the Melomakarona cookies
◾ 1 kg Flour, all-purpose
◾ 415g Olive oil (2 cups, ¾ each cup)
◾ 230g Crystal Sugar (¾ cup)
◾ 240g Fresh orange juice (¾ cup, about 5 oranges)
◾ 40g Baking powder
◾ Zest from 2 oranges
◾ 14g Baking Soda (1 tsp)
◾ 1g Ground Cloves (1/4 tsp)
◾ 7g powdered cinnamon (1 tsp)
◾ 23g Ouzo or Raki (3 Tbsp, Greek alcoholic beverage)
◾ 2 capsules of vanillin or 2 tsp vanilla extract
◾ 150g walnuts/pecans crushed, to sprinkle on top.
◾ Ηoney syrup (recipe below), to soak them in.

For the Honey Syrup
◾ 750g Sugar (2 and ¾ cups)
◾ 80g Honey (4 Tbsp)
◾ 600g Water (2 cups)
◾ 6 Tbps Lemon juice (1 lemon)

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Melomakarona Recipe - Learn To Make Scrumptious Greek Christmas Cookies

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This melomakarona recipe is for one the most beloved Greek christmas cookies.

Soft and oval-shaped these irresistible Christmas cookies are drenched in a honey syrup and covered with walnuts.

These melt-in-your mouth melomakarona will impress and delight everyone at the table.

Melomakarona cookies are one of the most iconic Greek Christmas sweets. We’ve seen melomakarona cookies in bakeries all over Crete and particularly in Chania, where we are staying.

This authentic Greek Christmas cookies recipe has two parts to it. First you make the syrup and then the cookies.

Here are the ingredients to make about 40 Greek Christmas cookies or melomakarona.

FOR THE COOKIES
Dry ingredients
3-¾ cups of flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of ground cloves

Wet ingredients
1 cup of Olive Oil - high quality Greek extra-virgin olive oil recommended
¼ cup of freshly squeezed orange juice
¼ cup of raki
Zest of orange peel from 1 orange
Freshly squeezed lemon juice from 1 medium lemon
⅓ cup of sugar

FOR THE SYRUP
1 cup honey
1 cup sugar
1 cup of water

TOPPINGS
½ cup of chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Cooking time is approximately 25 mins at 180C or 350F. And it takes about 20 mins to prepare the cookies.

Enjoy!

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Melomakarona - Greek Christmas Honey Cookies

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Melomakarona - traditional Greek Christmas honey cookies are flavored with cinnamon, cloves, and orange, soaked in honey syrup, and topped with crushed walnuts.

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