Walnut-Stuffed Honey Cookies

Name: Walnut-Stuffed Honey Cookies (Melomakarona)
Yield: Makes about 40 cookies
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 1¼ cups light olive oil or a combination of olive oil, canola oil and/or safflower oil; 1¼ cups light olive oil or a combination of olive oil, canola oil and/or safflower oil; 1¼ cups light olive oil or a combination of olive oil, canola oil and/or safflower oil; 1¼ cups light olive oil or a combination of olive oil, canola oil and/or safflower oil; 1¼ cups light olive oil or a combination of olive oil, canola oil and/or safflower oil; ⅓ cup sugar; 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice; Grated zest of 1 orange; 2½ teaspoons baking powder; 3–4 cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup brandy; 1½ cups fine semolina; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; Grated zest of 1 lemon; 2 cups finely chopped walnuts; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon; 1½ cups water; 1 cup honey

Melomakarona

Preparation info

Makes about
40
cookies

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Foods of the Greek Islands

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 2000

About

MADE ALL over Greece for Christmas, these cookies are my favorite sweet. This recipe is a combination of my mother’s and Chryssa Livanos’. Chryssa, the wife of the owner of Molyvos restaurant, comes from the island of Kos. If you can manage to resist these, they will get even better with time.

Ingredients

1¼ cups light olive oil or a combination of olive oil, canola oil and/or safflower oil
⅓ cup

Europe
Greece
Cookies
Baking
Vegetarian
Mediterranean
Christmas

Method

In a large bowl, beat the oil and sugar with an electric mixer until blended. Beat in the orange zest and juice. In a medium bowl, combine 2 cups of the flour and the baking powder. Gradually beat the flour mixture into the oil mixture. Beat in the semolina, brandy, lemon zest, cloves and cinnamon.

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