Name: Melomakarona (Melomakarona)
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: Makes: about 50 cookies
Cuisine: Greece
Ingredients: 1 cup olive oil; 3 tablespoons Metaxa brandy (or cognac or whisky); 2 cups vegetable oil; 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice; 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder; ½ teaspoon clove powder; 1 cup sugar; clove powder (sprinkle); 2 cups sugar; 3 cups water; 1 cup crushed walnuts; cinnamon powder (sprinkle); 3 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 7 cups all-purpose flour, divided; 1 cup Greek honey

Preparation info

Makes: about
50
cookies

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 55

Appears in

My Big Fat Greek Cookbook

By Christos Sourligas and Evdokia Antginas

Published 2019

About

Nothing screams Christmastime like melomakarona cookies. As a child, I remember the whole house smelling holiday-homey when Mama would bake these beauties. My siblings and I would mutter Robert Southey’s nursery verse “Honey (sugar) and spice and all things nice” as we gorged ourselves on these cookies to the point of pain. In fact, these cookies have recently become so cool they’re now made year-round, the best kind being chocolate-covered melomakarona. Insanely delicious, and total