Greek honey spice cookies recipe, (Melomakarona)

Instructions

• In a mixing bowl, add nuttelex (olive spread) beating over low speed. Substitue nuttelex olive spread with additional olive oil (1 cup).
• Slowly combine sugar and olive oil.
• Increase mixer speed to medium, allowing the mixture to combine.
• Slowly combine freshly squeezed orange juice.
• Allow mixture to combine, adding orange zest.
• Add cinnamon and clove powder.
• Increase mixer speed to high, allowing the mixture to combine.
• The mixture will turn into a creamy texture.
• Stop mixing process, adding baking powder and combining ingredients manually.
• Add plain flour, combining ingredients manually.
• Continue to stir through ingredients.
• Add self-raising flour, combining ingredients manually.
• Continue this process until mixture comes together.
• Roll out into biscuit shapes using the method demonstrated in our video, repeating this process until all of the mixture has been utilised.
• Bake biscuits @ 180-C for 60 minutes or until biscuits are cooked through.
• In a shallow pot over high heat, add 2 cups of water, 1 cup white sugar and 1 cinnamon stick stirring through ingredients.
• Slowly combine 2 cups honey, stirring through thoroughly.
• Add lemon wedges.
• Reduce syrup, occasionally stirring (syrup should thicken).
• Finely grind walnuts, adding 1 teaspoon cinnamon, clove powder and stirring through the walnut mixture.
• Dip cooled biscuits into hot syrup mixture, turning biscuits over.
• Cover syrup coated biscuits with walnut mixture ensuring biscuit is covered all over.
• Repeat the process for all biscuits.