Melomakarouna – Honey Cookies Stuffed With Dates And Nuts Recipe

Melomakarouna (Honey Cookies Stuffed with Dates and Nuts

Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 pounds flour
2 sticks (1 cup) sweet, unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups Wesson oil
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Flour (about 1 pound more)

Filling
2 cups chopped nuts
1 pound chopped dates
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons honey

Syrup
3 cups granulated sugar
4 cups water
1 slice lemon (1/2 lemon)
1 cinnamon stick
2 cups honey

Add pinch of salt and 1 teaspoon baking powder to 2 pounds of flour

Beat 2 sticks sweet (unsalted) butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar well
Add 2 cups of Wesson oil slowly, beating well
Add 1 egg and beat
Add 1 teaspoon baking soda to 1 1/2 cups orange juice and add quickly to mixture
Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Add flour to mixture until dough is soft but not sticky
You will use about another pound of flour, (about 3 pounds of flour in all)

Prepare filling
Combine 2 cups chopped nuts, 1 pound chopped dates, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 2 tablespoons honey
Take 1 tablespoon dough and put about 1/2 teaspoon filling in center and then fold dough over to seal in filling
Bake at 350 degrees F until brown

Prepare syrup
Boil 3 cups sugar and 4 cups of water with one slice lemon (1/2 lemon), 1 cinnamon stick until syrupy, about 15 minutes
Add 2 cups honey
Dip cold cookies in warm syrup or dip warm cookies in cold syrup
Dip each cookie into honey and then into ground nuts mixed with cinnamon

Yields about 100 cookies

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