If you haven’t made Greek honey cookies before and are on a gluten-free diet, you need to try this recipe!

They’re so chewy and the baking process makes your home smell absolutely amazing like the Autumn or Christmas holiday season! Anytime my Mom was baking these cookies at home, I knew right away by the aroma. This is because they’re deliciously flavored with honey, olive & grapeseed oil, oranges, cinnamon, and spices like nutmeg and cloves.

Since their origination, these cookies have always been vegan in our Greek culture without ingredients like butter, eggs, cream, etc. These cookies are said to have originated from ancient Phoenicia, a civilization around the Mediterranean Sea. And this makes sense since their diet revolved around olive oil, honey, and grapes. 

In modern times, these cookies are typically made for the Christmas holiday by countries without the Balkans including Greece, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and more. Traditionally, they are baked in the oven as cookie dough with all-purpose flour, vegan ingredients, and spices then dunked in a cold honey syrup topped immediately with sprinkles of chopped walnuts.

This recipe yields around 20 cookies or more if you make them smaller. They will last four to five days stored in a closed container, and always taste better the second day when they set. 

Let me know in the comments below if you tried the recipe and if you have any variations you’d like to share 🙂