Beat butter until white, add olive oil,

sugar, yogurt,

cinnamon, cloves,

orange zest, nuts. Gradually add flour and soda, knead the dough.

Roll the dough sausage, separate into pieces.

Formed cookies in the shape of an oval.

I have used different cut and cut out cookies of different shapes.

Put biscuits on a baking sheet, covered with baking paper, bake at a temperature of 190 gr. 30 minutes until Golden brown.

While cookies bake, prepare the syrup. To do this, in boiling water dissolve sugar and boil it for 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat, add the honey, mix well and allow to cool. Hot cookies omit for 1 minute in syrup

remove with a slotted spoon, put on a dish and sprinkle with nuts.

The result is tender, melt in your mouth cookies, with a honey aroma and nutty flavor. Christmas in Greece be sure to bake two types of cookies - "Melomakarona and Kourabiedes". It's a Greek Christmas sweets. In Greece, at Christmas, "Melomakarona" love to cook, eat and treat. With the approach of Christmas and New year on the shelves of zaharoplasteio (confectionery) Greece appear Christmas sweets: powdered, white as snow, icing sugar "Kourabiedes" and sprinkled with pistachios or walnuts, "of Melomakarona". Opinions about its origin diverge - some say that these sweets came from Central Asia and Turkey, while others claim that they are truly Greek. For the preparation of "Kourabiedes" and "Melomakarona" going to grandmothers and mothers, and cook sweets by the kilo for subsequent distribution to all relatives and friends. Boxes of homemade Christmas cakes bring loved ones in the days of holiday visits.

Bon appetit!!!!!