Traditional stuffed melomakarona

Name: Traditional stuffed melomakarona
Yield: 2 platters
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 750 g self-rising flour; 1 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 packet baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 3 tbsp sugar; 1 cup orange juice; 1/4 cup brandy; 1 tbsp ground clove and cinnamon; 2 cups water; 1 1/2 cups honey; 2 cups sugar; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 cup ground walnuts

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Greece

After having tried a number of recipes for melomakarona (Christmas honey cookies with walnuts) I chose this particular recipe from my friend Anna, they are super easy to make and very delicious!

Recipe by Demy

After having tried a number of recipes for melomakarona (Christmas honey cookies with walnuts) I chose this particular recipe from my friend Anna, they are super easy to make and very delicious!

Recipe by Demy

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

After having tried a number of recipes for melomakarona (Christmas honey cookies with walnuts) I chose this particular recipe from my friend Anna, they are super easy to make and very delicious!

Recipe by Demy

After having tried a number of recipes for melomakarona (Christmas honey cookies with walnuts) I chose this particular recipe from my friend Anna, they are super easy to make and very delicious!

Recipe by Demy

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Ingredients

2 platters

For the dough
750 gself-rising flour
1 1/2 cupvegetable oil
1 packetbaking powder
1/2 tspbaking soda
3 tbspsugar
1 cuporange juice
1/4 cupbrandy
1 tbspground clove and cinnamon
For the syrup
2 cupswater
1 1/2 cupshoney
2 cupssugar
1cinnamon stick
For the stuffing and sprinkling
1 cupground walnuts

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Steps

1

Place all the ingredients for the dough in a bowl and then add the solids, mixing well in order to get an incorporated dough.
2

Take a little bit of the dough, spread it in your hand, place 1/2 tsp of ground walnuts, seal it and then place the melomakarono in a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper.
3

Bake the melomakarona at 180°C for 30 minutes.
4

When the melomakarona are baked and have cooled, prepare the syrup.
5

Boil all the ingredients together and after a couple of minutes, remove from heat, take out the cinnamon and dip the melomakarona in the syrup, using a sifter ladle to take them out. Then place them in a platter and sprinkle with the rest of the ground walnut.