Greek Honey Cookies
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Greek
INGREDIENTS:
Cookie:
- Nea Fytini, 400g
- olive oil, 345g
- powder sugar, 100g
- walnuts, ground, 400g
- brandy metaxa, 11g
- cinnamon, 10g
- ground cloves, 4g
- baking powder, 18g
- AP flour, 1250g
- baking soda, 1 tsp
- orange juice, of 5 oranges
- zest, of 3 oranges
Syrup:
- water, 20L
- sugar, 20 cups
- apples, cut in quarters
- orange, peel of 3
- lemon, peel of 2
- cinnamon sticks, 8 pcs
- cloves, 40 pcs
DIRECTIONS:
- Cream nea fytini
- Add oil and beat with paddle until combined
- Add walnuts and brandy
- Add remaining ingredients and mix just to combine
- Bake @ 325˚F for approximately 30 min
- Use same syrup as baklava
- As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, dip them in the syrup
- Using a slotted spoon remove them from syrup and place on a sheet pan and sprinkle chopped walnuts on it
- Make a syrup and cook until it reduces by 3" about 3 hrs