dessert from the Peloponnese, made of thin sheet-like dough. The dough is rolled into long, thin strips, fried and folded in hot oil and then dipped in syrup. Traditionally, warm honey is used in place of syrup, and the diples are sprinkled with chopped nuts and cinnamon. Diples can be made in different shapes, of which the most common are bow ties and spirals. Diples are a typical dessert in the Peloponese and are also served at weddings and at New Year’s celebrations.
Diples are a traditional Greek fried pastry airy and very crispy served with honey syrup and ground walnuts.
Christmas on a platter, drizzled with syrup and walnuts! Diples / Thiples are Christmas Greek pastries with honey and are named by the Greek word for “fold”
Diples are a traditional Greek fried pastry airy and very crispy served with honey syrup and ground walnuts.
A delicious collection of traditional Greek Christmas recipes! Christmas is all about delicious food, shared with your friends, family and loved ones! That's why I have collected some of the very best Christmas recipes, from Greek Christmas Cookie recipes, hearty Greek family dinner recipes and many more as passed on to my family for generations, for you to enjoy!
Kourabiedes are traditional Greek Christmas cookies, often enjoyed during the holiday season and special occasions. These delicate almond cookies are rich, buttery, and infused with flavours like brandy and ouzo. They are typically shaped into crescents or ovals, then generously coated in powdered sugar for a sweet finish. Kourabiedes are loved for their melt-in-your-mouth texture and festive appeal, making them a beloved treat in Greek cuisine.
Here is a recipe for Christopsomo - a traditional Greek Christmas bread.
Crumbly semolina cookies, filled with walnuts, flavored with orange and cinnamon, and soaked in a honey syrup. Truly the best Christmas cookie!
I have one more cookie recipe you, just in time for Christmas. These cookies are a traditional Greek cookie served at Christmas time. They are like a shortbread cookie with almonds and covered in a…
A traditional melomakarona recipe! These Greek Christmas honey cookies (melomakarona) are super quick to bake, so much fun to make and highly addictive!
Galaktoboureko is a Classic Greek pie that is made with a semolina custard and wrapped in flaky, buttery, crisp phyllo. These rolls are the individual version and might be better than the original dessert. They are baked to a golden perfection and then drenched in an aromatic syrup.
Diples are a traditional Greek fried pastry airy and very crispy served with honey syrup and ground walnuts.
Kourabiedes are delicious, melt-in-your-mouth butter almond cookies and a staple in Greek households during Christmas time.
Extremely soft and highly addictive! These delicious little cheese pastries (kalitsounia) are a holiday tradition from the island of Crete. Kalitsounia (or Lichnarakia) are traditionally made with the fresh soft variety of myzithra cheese (not the salty type), but if you can't find it, try them with some Italian mascarpone or ricotta.
It’s Christmas tiiiiiiiiiime!! CHRISTMAAAAS!! I cannot begin to describe how excited I am during this season! My joy is ridiculous!! To top that joy I made melomakarona! Sounds Greek to you? …
Crumbly semolina cookies, filled with walnuts, flavored with orange and cinnamon, and soaked in a honey syrup. Truly the best Christmas cookie!
Christmas on a platter, drizzled with syrup and walnuts! Diples / Thiples are Christmas Greek pastries with honey and are named by the Greek word for “fold”
This Bougatsa pastry is made of velvety custard cream tucked inside a very crispy filo and served with plenty of icing sugar and cinnamon on top!
Extremely soft and highly addictive! These delicious little cheese pastries (kalitsounia) are a holiday tradition from the island of Crete. Kalitsounia (or Lichnarakia) are traditionally made with the fresh soft variety of myzithra cheese (not the salty type), but if you can't find it, try them with some Italian mascarpone or ricotta.
Soft and crunchy crescent-shaped pastries (skaltsounia) with a delicious, flavorful walnut, jam and apple filling. This delicious treat is perfect with a nice cup of tea and as its egg and butter free, perfect for the Easter lent season!
For all the chocolate lovers..A mouthwatering all-weather Greek chocolate and biscuits dessert (Mosaiko)! Soft, creamy and with a crunchy bite.. And best of all? Ready in 10 minutes!
Kourabiedes are a delicious crumbly Greek Christmas cookie with butter and almond flavors that melt in your mouth!
Vasilopita, or Greek New Year's Bread, is a sweet yeasted egg bread scented with orange and traditionally served on New Year's day. A coin is hidden inside and whoever gets it has good luck for the year.
Basically a Greek butterball cookie recipe. These, with Melomakarona, are found in every Greek home during the Christmas Holidays. I go through phases. One year, or for a couple of years, these are my favourites, then Melomakarona are, and I keep switching back and forth. They're both wonderful! These keep wonderfully, long after Christmas is over, if any are left.
Celebrating the Holidays without butter cookies just doesn't feel right! It's a Christmas tradition to bake our delicious Kourabiedes Recipe.
Moist Christmas Greek honey cookies called melomakarona taste like cake but it is so much more: many delicious layers and flavor complexity that arise from different spices, orange, and delicious, sweet, gold honey. So simple to make but extremely flavor-compact.
These are literally my favorite cookies of all time. All time. Koulourakia are a traditional cookie served at Easter time. There are a bunch of different recipes for this cookie, but basically it…
Isli are dairy and egg free Greek Christmas cookies that are filled with a walnut mixture and soaked in syrup.
Jane explains how she came by this recipe: This traditional sticky orange cake, the colour of Greek sunshine and shimmering with the syrup it’s doused in, is evocative of sun-drenched Greek holidays. Having eaten this in her small family Taverna, Frederiki kindly showed me how to make it in her kitchen one blisteringly hot afternoon. She had no English; I had no Greek, but she managed to scribble the recipe down on one of her restaurant order-pads and it works and is totally delicious.
Wow your guests with this beautiful Galaktoboureko cherry wreath made using Fillo Pastry or Filo Pastry, semolina custard and fresh cherries. It’s a great take on the traditional Greek dessert, galaktoboureko. Head to our website for this and other great Fillo Pastry recipes, Filo Pastry recipes or
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Kourabiedes are popular Greek butter cookies topped with heaps of powdered sugar and made for special occasions.
Diples are a traditional Greek fried pastry airy and very crispy served with honey syrup and ground walnuts.
