These Cookies Taste like Baklava! Melomakarona

Ingredients
For the dough:

4 cups (580g) all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup light olive oil or vegetable oil
½ (100g) cup of sugar
½ cup (125ml) of orange juice
Zest of 2 oranges
For the syrup:

2 cups of sugar
2 cups of water
2 cups honey
For the garnish:

¾ cup ground walnuts
1 heaping teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 °F, 180 °C.
Place the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and orange zest into a bowl. Whisk together to combine.
Always zest citrus before juicing.
Combine the oil and sugar in another bowl and whisk together until the sugar has dissolved.
Combine the orange juice and the baking soda together. Mix it and add to the oil mixture.
Add the oil mixture to the flour mixture and mix together until a dough is formed.Be careful not to overmix so that the oil does not separate from the dough. If the dough seems a bit too dry and crumbly add 2-3 tablespoons of orange juice and knead together with a spatula or your hands.
Turn the dough out onto a work surface, compress it and form a circle. Roll out to ½ inch in thickness. Do not use any additional flour to do this.
Using a 2-inch round cookie cutter, cut out the cookies. Place them on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
Use a fork to make marks on each cookie.
Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
While the cookies are baking make the syrup. Combine the water and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and add the honey. Stir until incorporated.
As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, put them all together in one of the trays and pour the hot syrup over them.
After 15 minutes, carefully flip each cookie over so that both sides absorb the syrup. Allow the cookies to absorb the syrup in the pan for at least 1 hour.
Combine the ground walnuts, cinnamon, and clove powder and mix well. Sprinkle this garnish over each cookie and serve!
Notes
Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.

Music Used:
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[lindat]

Oh my gosh, I love Greek pastries, Gonna get your honey..My mouth is watering as well. And it's 9 am, here in the USA...❤❤

[HoolieWho]

My mouth was watering just looking at the finished product being broken in half. I'm definitely making these!

[isaiah]

Yia Yia- not mine but the kids' grandmother. She use to do these and they were the best biscuits. Her cooking was phenomenal!!! God I miss her cooking and she couldn't read, all by rote. She came out to Australia with 4 children to meet her husband in 1952

[jillibear]

I made these!!! So good 👍 I added extra cinnamon to the nuts and boiled the syrup with cinnamon and cloves and cardamom and a splash of rose water (because I'm arabian lol)

[asya_ria]

Made these last night, they're so delicious, especially on the second day! Also, a huge thanks for writing a recipe under the video, and not just on a separate web page, it's super convenient :)

[annakominou]

Whatever I cook her recipes they are the best.

[angelaraines]

I made these this week and they were a HUGE hit! Thanks for the wonderful recipe!

[THEAROWROOTHOME]

I really enjoyed watching your wonderful cookies recipe. Thanks for sharing.

[riyamehta]

Just found your channel……being a vegetarian your vegan n vegetarian recipes are very useful to me ….. Thanks 👌🌺

[ismininikolaidou]

αγαπημένο Χριστουγεννιάτικο γλυκό. Ενδιαφέρουσα παραλλαγή της παραδοσιακής συνταγής. Να είσαι καλά Δήμητρα 🙏

[TK-quht]

Your work here is very much appreciated! Thank you!!

[latteauk]

This is so good as this is diary free . I am going to try this recipe out some time.

[olya]

Your recipes are Absolutely Amazing!!!! Thank you for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
From Alaska ❤❄️⛷🇺🇸🇺🇸

[yvonnecusmano]

My all time favorite cookie. I’m going to try the cookie cutter method. I always dreaded rolling these. Takes forever! Thank you for posting this. Merry Christmas 🎄

[AnnaArvanitis]

They look so delicious! I must try this Easter! ❤

[Slowdownsaleh.]

Just finished making this recipe for my Yiaya and Papou and they loved it. Eukharistou Polū this video was so easy to follow and Finikia taste perfect ❤

[coloradotrish]

Another amazing post! I just found your channel. These look sweet and amazing! Best, from Colorado!

[Damian.D]

🤗I made them, they are so light and delicious! It was my first time and it wasn't difficult at all. Efcharisto, Dimitra! 🇬🇷 ♥

[XjtBA]

I have made these more than once and they are outstanding! May I make a suggestion? Adding 1 tsp orange zest to the honey mixture takes them to a whole new level—try it!

[LGAussie]

Cookie cutter shapes is fun. Our grandmothers didn’t have the cookie cutters, hence the oval shape.