Christmas recipes!
Melomakarona
2 cups of olive oil
1 cup of sugar
½ cup of brandy
½ cup of orange juice
Cinnamon, grated orange crust
7 ½ cups of flour
2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder
2 teaspoonfuls of soda

We beat all the ingredients together in the mixer to make a soft dough. We take a little of the dough each time to make a cookie. We bake them at 180o C. After they have been baked we put them in syrup we have already made by boiling 3 cups of sugar which we have mixed with 2 cups of water and some lemon juice.

Vasilopita (Santa Claus pie)

4 cups of flour
2 cups of sugar
1 ½ cups of milk
3 eggs
250gr of cow butter
2 vanillas
6 teaspoonful of baking powder

We beat the sugar with the eggs and the butter.
Then we mix the milk with the flour.
After that we mix all the ingredients together and make dough.
We put a coin in the pie.
(We cut and share this pie on New Year’s Eve. The person who finds the coin in his piece is lucky for the year ahead.)