Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona). Melomakarouna/ Greek Phoenician Cookies a.k.a Greek Honey Cookies. Dimitra's Dishes. Τα πιο πετυχημένα Μελομακάρονα - Melomakarona - Greek Christmas Cookies. 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 As with most holidays in Greece, Greek Christmas also revolves around food!
This means that these are these festive days of the year to make all these.
Melomakarona, the most popular Greek Christmas Cookie!
While the white pretty kourabiedes are more of a fancy type of cookie, melomakarona (pronounced melomakárona) are the dark, decadent, succulent cookies, juicy and dripping honey all over the place.
You can cook Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona) using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona)
- You need 1 of kilo All Purpose Flour.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Semolina.
- It's 100 grams of Sugar.
- Prepare 1/2 liter of Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil.
- Prepare 200 ml of fresh Orange Juice.
- It's 1 teaspoon of Cinnamon.
- You need 2 teaspoons of Baking Powder.
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of soda.
- It's 1/2 teaspoon of Nutmeg (Optional).
- It's 1/4 teaspoon of grated Clove.
- Prepare 2 of grated Orange Peels.
- Prepare of Syrup:.
- You need 500 grams of Sugar.
- You need 500 ml of Water.
- It's 200 grams of Honey.
- It's 250 grams of 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. These amazingly aromatic little cakes are a traditional Greek Christmas sweet…called "Melomakarona". Try to keep them as similar as possible. Photo and text by Panos Diotis and Mirella Kaloglou.
Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona) step by step
- 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..
- 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..
- C) In a large sauce pan add in the ingredients for the syrup and boil for about 15 minutes and until thickened..
- D) When the cookies have baked pour the hot syrup over them and top with the chopped Walnuts..
- 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!!! 🙂.
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. 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. Christmas is nearly there and in Greece this means we buy, eat, treat or make melomakarona.