Vegan Melomakarona (Greek Honey Cookies)
Christmas is coming and in order to create a festive atmosphere, in addition to our Christmas tree, we will bake the most delicious melomakarona!
Ingredients
For the syrup:
- 400 ml water
- 400 g granulated sugar
- 150 ml agave syrup
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2-3 cloves
- peel of 1 orange
For the melomakarona:
- 500 g all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- ⅓ tsp. clove powder
- 120 ml olive oil
- 120 ml sunflower oil
- 100 gr granulated sugar
- 30 ml cognac
- juice of 1 orange
- zest of 1 orange
- grated walnuts (am much as we want)
Instructions
For the syrup:
- Start with the syrup by throwing the ingredients in a pot in low heat.
- Stir and let them boil for 2-3 minutes.
- After this time, remove the pot from the heat and set the syrup aside to cool.
For the melomakarona:
- Preheat the oven to 170 ° C in the air setting and spread a piece of parchment paper on a baking tray.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and clove powder in a bowl and mix them well.
- Add the olive oil, sunflower oil, sugar, brandy, orange juice, and zest in another bowl and mix them well too.
- Gradually, pour the mixture from the first bowl to the second, while stirring with a whisk. Our goal is to homogenize the ingredients without kneading the mixture.
- Shape small melomakarona and place them in the baking tray leaving enough gap between them.
- Bake them for 25-30 minutes.
- Remove the baking tray from the oven and dip the melomakarona one by one in the cold syrup, while they are still hot.
- Leave each one for about 10-15" and then turn it from the other side for the same time.
- Place the melomakarona on a plate and serve with grated walnuts.
- Enjoy!