Little three-cornered cookies to celebrate the holiday of Purim. Get your costumes on!
BT's Best Tasting Hamantaschen
Ingredients:
Dough:
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups (192 grams) sugar
1 cup oil (240 ml)
2 rounded teaspoons baking powder
4 - 4 1/2 cups (540 grams) flour
orange zest
1 teaspoons salt
Filling:
1 1/4 pounds (567 grams) pitted prunes
1/2 pound (227 grams) dried apricots
4 small lemon - juice and zest
Glaze:
1 egg
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Directions:
Grind prunes, lemon zest, orange zest and apricots in a food processor
Move contents to a bowl
Add lemon juice, cover and leave one to two days in the fridge
Combine all dough ingredients
Dough will be sticky
Flour rolling surface well
Divide dough into four batches
Roll one piece of dough at one time
Cut circles with a 2 quart (500 ml) container lid
Place 1 teaspoon (5 grams) of filling in each round of dough
Pinch together to make 3 corner cookie.
Beat the egg until frothy, add oil
Brush this on each hamantash before baking
Bake at 350 F. (170 C.) for 10 to 15 minutes
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