Traditional Christmas Honey Cookies with Walnuts – Melomakarona. Melomakarona are beautiful honey, orange, clove and cinnamon syrup-drenched soft cookies that melt in your mouth. It's THE most popular Greek Christmas. Made with honey and walnuts, Melomakarona are juicy and delicious and vegan. […] traditionally Greeks have sweets that are made with olive oil such as melomakarona (cookies made with honey, walnuts and olive oil), halva (not to be confused with the. These Greek Christmas honey cookies (melomakarona) are Melomakarona recipe - A delicious Greek Christmas tradition. As with most holidays in Greece For a more traditional touch, garnish the melomakarona cookies with roughly chopped walnuts and.

Greek Christmas honey cookies also make great Christmas gifts. I love to package them up in boxes to give Gooey, sticky traditional Greek Christmas honey cookies with delicious festive flavours. This is just how melomakarona are. You can cook Traditional Christmas Honey Cookies with Walnuts – Melomakarona using 15 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Traditional Christmas Honey Cookies with Walnuts – Melomakarona

Prepare 280 ml of extra virgin olive oil.
It's 140 ml of melted butter.
It's 140 ml of fresh orange juice.
You need 1 of large egg.
Prepare 2 tbsp of granulated sugar.
It's 1 tbsp of ground cinnamon.
Prepare 1 tsp of ground clove.
You need 700 g of all purpose flour.
Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
You need 200 g of finely chopped walnuts.
It's 420 g of pure honey.
Prepare 130 g of sugar.
You need 300 ml of water.
It's of peel of an orange.
You need 1 of cinnamon stick.

All sticky and messy, and that's fine. Melomakarona are honey and nut Greek cookies that are traditionally enjoyed during the Christmas and New Year's holidays. This is an oil-based cookie recipe that produces moist cake-like cookies flavored with orange and brandy, bathed in a sweet honey syrup, and topped with chopped walnuts. These are soft cookies dipped in a honey syrup and covered with chopped walnuts.

Traditional Christmas Honey Cookies with Walnuts – Melomakarona step by step

In a large bowl, mix olive oil, melted butter and orange juice with a whisk. Add the egg and mix well..
In a separate bowl, whisk about ⅓ of the flour, cinnamon, clove, baking soda & sugar. Add this flour mixture to the bowl with the liquids and whisk well..
Add ⅓ of the remaining flour and start mixing with your hand. It’s important to feel when to stop adding flour..
Continue adding flour gradually and knead gently. When the dough is soft but not sticky, it means it’s ready. Stop adding flour..
Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest for 30 min..
Shape the dough into small balls, about 25g each (or the size of a walnut). Give each ball a cylindrical shape and make a pit in the center. Put ½ tsp of walnuts and pinch to seal it..
Arrange them on a paper lined baking tray, seam side down. Prick them with a fork. This will help them absorb the syrup easily..
Bake in a preheated oven, at 200⁰C / 400⁰F for 23 to 25 min. Let them cool completely before putting them in the syrup..
Put water, sugar & honey in a medium pot, over medium heat. Stir and add the orange peel and the cinnamon stick..
Let it come to a boil and remove the foam with a slotted spoon..
After 4 min remove the peel and the cinnamon stick. Lower the heat..
Put some cookies in the syrup, curved side down. Let them simmer for exactly 2 minutes!.
Flip and let them simmer for another 2 min..
Take them out of the syrup with the slotted spoon and transfer on a paper lined baking tray..
Sprinkle with walnuts while they’re still wet from the syrup..
Repeat the process for the rest of the cookies..
Let them cool completely before serving..

This is another of the few recipes my grandmother handed down to my mom and then my mom to me. I'm so grateful to have and remember them every time I bake these cookies. Photo and text by Panos Diotis and Mirella Kaloglou. 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. These Greek Honey Cookies are flavored with cinnamon, cloves and orange.