Honey Cookies

The traditional Greek Christmas cookies, Melomakarona are believed to have originated in antiquity. They are also called phoenikia, and their name suggests that they probably came from the Phoenicians, a people who lived on the Mediterranean shore of the Middle East where Lebanon is today and who had extensive trade with ancient Greeks. My mother’s Melomakarona are the best I have tasted, and this is her recipe. She insists on letting the finished biscuits cool overnigh