Melomakarona (A Greek Christmas Cookie)

Name: Melomakarona (A Greek Christmas Cookie)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups light olive oil or 1 1/2 cups corn oil; 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature; 1 cup beer (or more) or 1 cup orange juice (or more); 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon; 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 oranges, zest of, grated; 1 cup sugar; 2 cups fine ground semolina (cream of wheat or farina); 6 cups flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1 1/2 cups greek thyme honey; 1 cup water; 3/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped

Melomakarona (A Greek Christmas Cookie) was pinched from <a href="http://greek.food.com/recipe/melomakarona-a-greek-christmas-cookie-76498" target="_blank">greek.food.com.</a>

"These are a coarse-grained cookie soaked in a honey syrup (the semolina achieves this), popular throughout Greece during the Christmas Holidays. They are wonderful and are THE recipe that makes my house smell like Christmas - orange peel and cloves and cinnamon. The most unbelievable perfume wafts through the house for a couple of days after baking!..."

INGREDIENTS

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1 1/2 cups light olive oil or 1 1/2 cups corn oil

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1/2 cup butter, at room temperature

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1 cup beer (or more) or 1 cup orange juice (or more)

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1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

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1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves

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2 oranges, zest of, grated

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1 cup sugar

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2 cups fine ground semolina (cream of wheat or farina)

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6 cups flour

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1/2 teaspoon baking soda

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1/2 teaspoon baking powder

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1 teaspoon salt

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1 1/2 cups sugar

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1 1/2 cups greek thyme honey

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1 cup water

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3/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped

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