Finikia


  • Ingredients
  • 3/4 lb. sweet butter, 1 cup vegetable oil.
  • 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup of ground walnuts
  • 4 eggs, 1 cup sugar
  • 3 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 3 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 lb. and 6 Tbsp. of honey
  • 5 oz. warm milk, 1 cup of water
  • 10 cups of sifted flour



  • Directions
  • Beat butter and oil until fluffy.
  • Add eggs, sugar and vanilla. Beat well and add milk. Mix well.
  • Add flour, baking powder and 1 tsp. of cinnamon.
  • Mix well and set dough aside.
  • Take the 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts, 6 Tbsp. of honey and 2 tsp. of cinnamon and mix well together to make filling.
  • Take cookie dough and shape into small ovals, making a depression with finger in the center of each oval. Fill the depression with 1/2 tsp. of nut, honey and cinnamon filling.
  • Enclose dough around filling.
  • Place on cookie sheets, seam side down. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
  • While cookies are baking, mix 1 lb. of honey, 1 cup of water and the cup of ground walnuts to make the honey mixture and set aside.
  • When cookies are done baking, let cool, then dip in honey mixture.