Pontic Isli - iCookGreek

Ingredients

• Makes 50-55 isli
• For the dough:
• 1 cup corn oil
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup lye
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cognac
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 8 cups (approx) all-purpose flour
• For the filling:
• 250g walnuts, roasted and roughly chopped
• 1 cup icing sugar
• peel from 1 orange
• 1/2 tsp cloves
• For the syrup:
• 1 cup honey
• 3/4 cup water
• juice of 1/2 lemon