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Greek Christmas Honey Cookies - Melomakarona

Ingridients:

Syrup:

- 1 cup water

- 1 cinnamon stick

- 2 cloves

- ½ orange

- 3 tbsp coconut sugar

- 150g Honey

Dought:

- 200γρ orange juice

- 100γρ olive oil

- zest of an orange

- ¼ tsp baking soda

- 1 tsp Ceylon cinnamon

- ½ tsp cloves

- ¼ tsp nutmeg

- 2 tbsp sweetener

- 80g semolina, fine

- 270g wholegrain flour

Method

Boil all of the ingredients for the syrup, apart from honey, until sugar melts. Remove from heat. Add the honey and mix till combined. Let syrup cool.
For the dough addin a bowl all the ingredients, except the semolina and flour, and whisk.
In a separate bowl, add the semolina and flour.
Combine the first and second mixture.
Mix by hand, very gently to combine.
Mold cookie dough into shapes that you like (30g each).
Bake at 190-200*C for about 20-25 minutes. As soon as you remove them from the oven, soak the hot cookies in the syrup for 30-40 seconds. Drain them and drizzle with honey and chopped walnuts.

Recipe by @healthytasteland