Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, greek christmas cookies (melomakarona). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona) is something that I have loved my whole life.
Our Holiday Baked Goods Include Buttercream Frosted Cutout Cookies, Sugar Cookies & More. Melomakarona: Greek Christmas Cookie Recipe Melomakarona are popular Greek Christmas cookies that are covered in a honey syrup and topped with cinnamon and walnuts. Melomakarona (μελομακάρονα) are traditional Greek Christmas cookies, that are served during Christmas time throughout Greece. The word "melomakarona" is a combination of the two words "meli", which means honey and "makarona". "Makarona" comes from the ancient word "makaria" and means blessed.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have greek christmas cookies (melomakarona) using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona):
- Get 1 kilo All Purpose Flour
- Take 1/2 cup Semolina
- Take 100 grams Sugar
- Prepare 1/2 liter Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
- Prepare 200 ml fresh Orange Juice
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- Prepare 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- Take 1/2 teaspoon soda
- Get 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg (Optional)
- Get 1/4 teaspoon grated Clove
- Make ready 2 grated Orange Peels
- Take Syrup:
- Get 500 grams Sugar
- Prepare 500 ml Water
- Take 200 grams Honey
- Get 250 grams Walnuts chopped
While other families decorated sugar cookies, we made and packaged little plates of melomakarona for all of our friends and family. Everyone loved our cookies and looked forward to them every year. So we liked to make sure they looked pretty! Melomakarona, the most popular Greek Christmas Cookie!
Instructions to make Greek Christmas Cookies (Melomakarona):
- A) In a large bowl add all the ingredients except for the flour. Once all is combined add in the flour a little at a time and knead all the ingredients until it has become one mass.
- B) Take a small piece of dough at a time and start to knead in your hands and shaping it in the form of an egg. Place each one Melomakarano into a large baking pan and bake for 10 minutes at 180 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
- C) In a large sauce pan add in the ingredients for the syrup and boil for about 15 minutes and until thickened.
- D) When the cookies have baked pour the hot syrup over them and top with the chopped Walnuts.
- I wanted to thank my Aunt Soula in Greece, and my mom for treating us with their delicious Christmas Cookies. 🙂 Euxaristo poli Theia Soula…na ste kala kai Kales Giortes. - - Kali Orexi!!! - - Kala Xristougenna kai Kales Giortes everyone!! - - With the recipe I am wishing everyone A very Merry Xmas, Happy Holidays to all!!! 🙂
So we liked to make sure they looked pretty! Melomakarona, the most popular Greek Christmas Cookie! Get the authentic recipe for this juicy, decadent and delicious Greek Christmas honey cookie. While the white pretty kourabiedes are more of a fancy type of cookie, melomakarona (pronounced melomakárona) are the dark, decadent, succulent cookies, juicy and dripping honey all over the place. Learn how to make Melomakarona, my favorite Christmas cookie of all time.
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