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Melomakarona

Aug-20-2017
Preeti Patel
10 minutes
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Melomakarona RECIPE

My kids favourite cookie

Recipe Tags

  • Egg-free
  • Easy
  • Christmas
  • Greek
  • Baking
  • Accompaniment
  • Healthy

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. Granulated sugar 200gm
  2. Water 125ml
  3. Honey 75gm
  4. Orange juice 1/2cup
  5. Cloves 3
  6. Cinnamon sticks 1
  7. Orange juice 100ml
  8. Sunflower oil100ml
  9. Olive oil 40ml
  10. Cloves powder 1/4 teaspoon
  11. Cinnamon powder 1 teaspoon
  12. Nutmeg powder 1/4 teaspoon
  13. Baking soda 1/2 teaspoon
  14. sugar 1 tablespoon
  15. Orange zest 1 tablespoon
  16. All purpose flour 250 gm
  17. Semolina 50 gm
  18. Pistachio chopped 1 tablespoon
  19. Dry rose petals

Instructions

  1. For syrup
  2. In a pan add water,sugar,cloves,cinnamon and orange juice
  3. Until sugar melted remove from the heat
  4. Add honey mix well
  5. Let syrup cool for 1 hour
  6. For the cookies
  7. Preheat the oven 180 degree
  8. To make the cookie, need to prepare 2 separate mixtures
  9. For the first mixture,
  10. Orange juice,sunflower oil,olive oil,sugar,cinnamon powder,cloves powder,nutmeg powder,baking soda and orange zest, mix using a hand whisk
  11. In a separate bowl,add all purpose flour and semolina
  12. Combine the first and second mixture,mix it well
  13. Mould cookie dough into oval shapes
  14. Bake for about 20-25 minutes until dark golden brown
  15. Remove from the oven,soak the hot cookies in the syrup for 10-15 seconds
  16. Allow to drain on a wire rack
  17. Drizzle with honey, garnish with chopped pistachio and dry rose petals

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Mark Cowles
Aug-29-2019
Mark Cowles   Aug-29-2019

Betterbutter website is truly made for foodies I really like them and their all mouth watering recipes. I really learnt a lot of yummy recipes from here. This melomakarona is looking really tasty and I am going to try it. I would recommend you guy to also go through the essay typer to get amazing and delicious recipe.

Anu Sachdeva
Aug-22-2017
Anu Sachdeva   Aug-22-2017

Tempting!

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