The Tsapatsaris Family’s Fenekia – Greek Honey Dipped Cookies – have pleased generations. Read more recipes from the Wildwood Family Cookbook here. Bon Appetit!
“My memory of cookies and cookies like these is going to my Aunt Stella and Yiayia’s house in Lowell, Massachusetts once a year. They always had a tin of such cookies. Somehow these Greek cookies always remain fresh and delightfully crumbly. I highly recommend dipping them in hot black coffee like my aunt and yiayia before me…
– Melinda Tsapatsaris”
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The Tsapatsaris Family’s Fenekia
- Total Time: 50 minutes
Ingredients
Scale
- 7 cups of flour
- 2 heaping tablespoons of baking powder
- 2 cups of vegetable oil
- 1 cup of Butter, melted
- 1 cup of orange juice
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of walnuts, chopped
- 1 ounce of cognac or brandy
- syrup (below)
- chopped nuts (to add to top)
Instructions
- Sift together flour and baking powder. In a large bowl, combine oil and melted butter. Add orange juice, sugar, 1/2 cup chopped nuts, and cognac. Gradually mix flour into oil-and-butter mixture by hand and knead until a dough is formed that does not stick to the hands. Add more flour if necessary. Shape into small ovals, place on un greased baking sheets, and bake in a 400 degree oven for 10 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 325 degrees and continue to bake for 25 minutes longer or until well browned.
- While in the oven, start on the syrup. Get syrup to a simmer and when cookies come out of the oven, submerge 3-4 cookies at a time. Allow them to remain in syrup for 2 to 3 minutes, remove and place again on baking sheets to drain. Sprinkle with chopped nuts straightaway.
- Eat right away or you can store in airtight tins when cooled. These cookies may be baked in advance and stored, and dipped into syrup as needed. Yield: 12 dozen small cookies.
- Syrup: Combine a 12-ounce jar of honey, two cups of sugar, 1 1/2 cups of water, and juice of 1/2 lemon. Bring to a boil and boil for 15 minutes. (Make sure not to over boil, can get too thick..)
- Category: Desserts
- Cuisine: Greek
