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Melomakarona by Vefa Melomakarona (Christmas honey cookies with walnuts) that are flavorsome, easy and tasty, by Vefa Alexiadou!! Melomakarona is one of Greek traditional Christmas sweets that every home "must have" on Christmas table. They are cookies with orange juice and cinnamon, dipped in honey syrup and sprinkled with ground walnuts.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook melomakarona by vefa using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Melomakarona by Vefa:
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup oil
- Get 1/2 cup vegetable oil shortening
- Make ready 1 cup sugar
- Take 3/4 cups orange juice
- Make ready 1/4 cup brandy
- Get 2 tsp orange zest
- Prepare 2 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 1 tsp baking soda
- Get 8 cups all purpose flour (more or less)
- Prepare Syrup
- Get 2 cups honey
- Make ready 2 cups sugar
- Make ready 2 cups water
- Take Garnish
- Make ready 1/2 cup walnuts
- Take 1 tsp cinnamon
- Get 1/2 tsp clove
Most importantly the fat from the melomakarono comes exclusively from olive oil. While they are baking if you added spices and orange to your syrup remove them now. These are a coarse-grained cookie soaked in a honey syrup (the semolina achieves this), popular throughout Greece during the Christmas Holidays. They are wonderful and are THE recipe that makes my house smell like Christmas - orange peel and cloves and cinnamon.
Steps to make Melomakarona by Vefa:
- Beat the oil with the vegetable oil shortening, the sugar, orange juice, zest and brandy.
- Mix the baking soda, flour (sifted) and make a well where you add the liquid ingredients and knead lightly.
- Form into the desired shape and bake at 175°C for about 30 minutes until they are golden brown.
- Boil the syrup for 5 minutes, skim off the foam and pour the syrup over the melomakarona as soon as you take them out of the oven.
- When they have absorbed the syrup, turn them over to allow it to be absorbed on both sides.
- Set them aside to cool thoroughly.
- Mix the walnuts, cinnamon and clove and sprinkle the melomakarona.
The most unbelievable perfume wafts through the house for a couple of days after baking! Aki's Greek Christmas Honey Cookies- Melomakarona. Diet based on cereals, pulses, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fruits and other animal foods such as honey and eggs. Excludes foods such as milk, yoghurt, cheese and their by-products. Melomakarona recipe - A delicious Greek Christmas tradition.
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