Honey Dainties (Melomakarona)
- 1 cup butter, unsalted
- 1 1/2 cups corn oil
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup orange juice fresh
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 7 cups cake flour plus more
- 1 x syrup as needed
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup honey
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3/4 cup walnuts chopped
- 1 x cinnamon ground
- Melt butter and cool to room temperature.
- Put butter and corn oil into large bowl of electric mixer.
- Add orange juice, baking powder and baking soda; beat 2 Starting with 6 cups flour, add flour, a little at a time.
- Beat, adding remaining 1 cup flour, or slightly more as needed, until a medium-soft dough is formed.
- Refrigerate dough to firm slightly or as long as 2 days.
- For syrup, boil sugar, water and honey together for 5 minutes.
- Cool until syrup is warm-not hot.
- Heat oven to 350F (180C).
- Shape dough into ovals about 2 inches long and 1 inch wide.
- Place on ungreased baking sheets.
- Press the tines of a fork into the top of each.
- Bake until golden, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Cool briefly on wire racks.
- Gently dip each cookie in the warm syrup; turn to coat all sides.
- Place on a wire rack and sprinkle at once with the chopped nuts and cinnamon.
- Cool completely.
- Place each cookie in a paper muffin cups.
- Store in an airtight tin.
butter, corn oil, sugar, orange juice fresh, baking powder, baking soda, cake flour, syrup, sugar, honey, water, walnuts, cinnamon ground
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/honey-dainties-melomakarona-36015 (may not work)