Ingredients:
For the dough:
- 1 kg of flour
- 3 cups oil
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of semolina
- 1 pack baking powder (10 g)
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup cognac
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
For the syrup:
- 2 cups of sugar
- 2 cups of water
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 stick of cinnamon
- 3-4 pieces of cloves
Nuts for decoration
Preparation:
- First, prepare the syrup. Boil water, sugar with cinnamon and cloves until it begins to thicken. After the pot is removed from fire, add honey and remove the cinnamon and the cloves and leave to cool down completely.
- Mix the dough from all the ingredients for the dough and make small balls as the size of a walnut or oval shaped forms.
- Align on an oiled baking pan and bake at 170 C degrees until they are baked, about 20 minutes.
- Pour with the cold syrup while they are hot and decorate with crushed walnuts.
- They are not stored in the fridge but at room temperature covered with nylon foil.