🎄Melomakarona by Petretzikis🎄

Name: 🎄Melomakarona by Petretzikis🎄
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cups orange juice (400 grams); 1 3/4 cups vegetable oil (400 grams); 3/4 cup olive oil (180 grams); 1/3 cup powdered sugar (50 grams); 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoon baking soda; Zest of 2 oranges; 8 cups all-purpose flour (1 kilogram); 1 cup fine semolina (200 grams); 2 cups water (500 grams); 4 cups granulated sugar (800 grams); 1/2 cup honey (150 grams); 3 cinnamon sticks; 6 whole cloves; 1 orange, cut in half

Γλυκερία Μ @cook_11981779

This recipe is super easy if you follow all the steps in order! Good luck to everyone who tries it! This version includes semolina in the dough, which makes the cookies fluffier and gives them a bakery-style texture.

Γλυκερία Μ @cook_11981779

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Ingredients

1st Mixture
1 2/3 cupsorange juice (400 grams)
1 3/4 cupsvegetable oil (400 grams)
3/4 cupolive oil (180 grams)
1/3 cuppowdered sugar (50 grams)
1/2 teaspoonground cloves
1 tablespoonground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoonground nutmeg
1 teaspoonbaking soda
Zest of 2 oranges
2nd Mixture
8 cupsall-purpose flour (1 kilogram)
1 cupfine semolina (200 grams)
Syrup
2 cupswater (500 grams)
4 cupsgranulated sugar (800 grams)
1/2 cuphoney (150 grams)
3cinnamon sticks
6whole cloves
1orange, cut in half

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Steps

1

First, make the syrup so it has time to cool before dipping the hot melomakarona. (I made the syrup, put it in the fridge, and after about an hour started making and shaping the cookies.)
2

Combine all the syrup ingredients except the honey in a pot and bring to a boil. Warm the honey separately until it melts. Once the syrup comes to a boil, remove from heat and stir in the honey. Mix well and let the syrup cool completely.
3

Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) with the fan on, if possible.
4

In a large bowl, whisk together all the ingredients for the 1st Mixture.
5

In another bowl, mix together all the ingredients for the 2nd Mixture.
6

Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and gently combine with your hands just until the ingredients come together. Do not overmix.
7

Shape the dough into uniform cookies and bake for 20-25 minutes.
8

As soon as you take the cookies out of the oven, immediately dip them into the cold syrup. Let them soak for 10-15 seconds. Drain and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.