Greek cuisine · Desserts & Sweets

Melomakarona

Christmas cookies from olive oil dough soaked in honey syrup with walnuts.

Ingredients · for 30 servings

• 500 g flour
• 200 ml olive oil
• 100 ml orange juice
• 80 g sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 300 g honey
• 200 g sugar for the syrup
• 250 ml water
• 150 g walnuts

Instructions

1. Whisk the olive oil, sugar and orange juice, then add the spices and baking soda.
2. Work in the flour until you have a soft, non-sticky dough – do not knead.
3. Shape oval cookies and bake at 180 °C for 25 minutes.
4. Boil a syrup from honey, sugar and water.
5. Dip the still-hot cookies into the cold syrup and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.