INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Oven temperature: 180 C (350 F)  Beat butter and sugar with orange rind
until creamy. Gradually add  oil and continue beating until mixture is
very light and fluffy. Stir  in flour alternately with orange juice.
Knead dough lightly with  hands for 1 minute.  Take a scant tablespoon
of dough and flatten it a little. Place a  teaspoon of the nut filling
in the centre and fold dough over to  enclose filling.  Shape into
ovals, pinching ends to a point.  Decorate tops with tines  of fork or
by crimping cookies diagonally across top in four rows  with special
crimper (see NOTE), or leave them plain.  Place on lightly greased
baking trays and bake in a moderate oven for  20-25 minutes until
golden brown. Cool on wire racks.  Dip in boiling syrup, four at a
time, turning cookies once. Leave in  syrup 10 seconds in all, longer
if well-soaked cookies are preferred.  Lift out onto a plate and leave
until cool.  (If no nut filling is used, sprinkle tops with crushed
walnuts or  toasted sesame seeds and cinnamon.  Only those which are to
be served  should be dipped; store remainder in an airtight container
and dip  when required.  TO MAKE NUT FILLING: Thin honey down with
orange juice and blend into  remaining ingredients.  TO MAKE HONEY
SYRUP: Place ingredients in a heavy-based saucepan and  stir over heat
until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil and boil over  moderately high
heat for 10 minutes and skim.  Let syrup boil on a  moderate heat while
dipping cookies.  Add a little water to syrup  when it thickens too
much during dipping.  NOTE: Icing crimpers will be familiar to many
pastrycooks and cake  decorators who work with icing. If you don't own
a crimper (or have  never seen one), have the family handyman cut a
piece of tin or  aluminium plate about 2.5 x 10 cm (1 x 4 inches). Bend
metal in half  over a thin rod and cut 6 to 8 evenly spaced saw-like
teeth on the  narrow edges. Curl the "teeth" slightly inwards.  Source:
The Greek Cookbook, by Tess Mallos  Typos courtesy of: Karen Mintzias
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