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Melomakarona Cookies
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
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Prep Time:20 Minutes
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Cook Time:PT45M25 Minutes
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Yield:60 Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ pound butter
- 2 cups corn oil
- 1 cup orange juice
- 2 tablespoons orange zest
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 cups finely chopped walnuts, divided
- 2 tablespoons baking soda
- 6 cups flour, roughly
- Cinnamon, for topping
- Honey Syrup:
- 2 cups honey
- 1 cup warm water
- 226.8g butter
- 473.18ml corn oil
- 236.59ml orange juice
- 25.56g orange zest
- 118.29ml sugar
- 473.18ml finely chopped walnuts, divided
- 25.56g baking soda
- 1419.53ml flour, roughly
- Cinnamon, for topping
- Honey Syrup:
- 473.18ml honey
- 236.59ml warm water
We are all lucky Loren Murrell from our Shoreline market shared his Yiayia’s traditional Greek Christmas melomakarona cookie recipe us. These cookies are truly one of a kind! It’s a rather large batch, but as Yiayia lovingly says, “enough to last until Easter,” but they never do!
Preparation
STEP 1
Preheat oven to 350°F.
STEP 2
Melt butter and let it cool for a few minutes.
STEP 3
Add butter and oil to a large mixing bowl. With either a handheld mixer or stand-up mixer with whisk attachment beat butter and oil until creamy.
STEP 4
Add sugar and beat for about 10 minutes more.
STEP 5
Add orange juice, orange zest, baking soda, and 1 cup chopped walnuts. Mix well.
STEP 6
Add flour a little at a time until a good dough is formed.
STEP 7
Form dough into 1" balls and place on a parchment lined sheet pan. Use a potato masher (or fork) to press down and create canyon grooves into cookie to use for walnuts later.
STEP 8
Bake cookies for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
STEP 9
Mix honey and water to form syrup. Once cookies are cool enough to handle dip them into syrup one at a time. Top dipped cookies with chopped walnuts in the grooves and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Set aside on parchment (or even the old-fashioned method of paper bags) while the cookies absorb the syrup.
Options
Store in an air-tight container. Delicious dipped into your coffee or tea.
We are sharing this recipe as a half batch, and it is still big. But if you’re looking for even more absolutely double it!