Kritika Patouthia
Source of Recipe
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Recipe Introduction
This Greek recipe comes from Crete.
It is a filled cookie with a filling
of walnuts, almonds, sesame seeds,
and honey.
List of Ingredients
1/2 cup olive oil
4 tablespoons water
4 tablespoons orange juice
juice of one lemon
6 tablespoons white sugar
4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
confectioners' sugar
orange flower water or orange juice for sprinkling
1 cup ground walnuts
1 cup ground almonds
1 cup sesame seeds
1 cup honey
Recipe
Mix together olive oil, water, orange
juice, lemon juice and sugar.
Set aside.
In a large bowl sift together flour, baking
soda and salt.
Add olive oil mixture to flour mixture.
On a floured surface, work and knead to a
smooth dough.
Cover dough (you can place the empty bowl
over it) and let dough rest for an hour.
While dough is resting, make filling.
~~~ To Make Filling:
Combine ground walnuts, ground almonds, sesame
seeds and honey together in a bowl.
Mix until well coated.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Roll out dough to about 1/4 inch thickness.
Cut into 3 inch squares.
Place 1 heaping teaspoon of filling in center
of each square.
Moisten edges with orange flower water or orange
juice and cover the filling by folding in the
four corners and pressing them firmly together
in the center.
Bake for about 25 minutes.
While cookies are still warm, sprinkle lightly
with orange flower water or orange juice and
dip in a bowl of confectioners' sugar.
Makes 5 - 6 dozen.
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