Ingredients
Scale
- 125 ml fresh orange juice
- 250 grams olive oil (or half olive oil half sunflower oil for lighter flavor)
- 50 grams honey
- 80 ml water
- 100 grams sugar
- 1 + ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground clove
- ⅓ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon vanillin powder or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 orange zested
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 125 grams fine semolina
- 550 grams all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 400 grams sugar (for syrup)
- 100 grams honey (for syrup)
- 325 ml water (for syrup)
- 1 stick of cinnamon (for syrup)
- 4–5 dried cloves (for syrup)
- 1 orange peel (for syrup)
- honey (for garnishing)
- ground walnuts (for garnishing)
Instructions
- In a saucepan, combine sugar, honey, water, cinnamon stick, cloves, and orange peel. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and let it simmer for about 10 minutes until slightly thickened. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together olive oil, orange juice, honey, water, sugar, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, vanillin powder/vanilla extract, orange zest, and baking soda until well combined. Gradually add fine semolina and all-purpose flour while stirring until a soft dough forms. Add baking powder last and mix until just incorporated.
- Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F). Take small amounts of dough and shape them into oval forms or traditional shapes as desired. Place shaped cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool slightly before soaking in syrup.
- Dip each warm cookie into the cooled syrup for about 10 seconds on each side. Place on wire racks to cool completely.
- Once cooled completely, drizzle with honey and sprinkle with ground walnuts before serving.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Greek
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie (30g)
- Calories: 110
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 15mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 0.7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg