Description
This hamentaschen recipe is perfect for celebrating Purim. You can use any filling of your choice: fruit jam, spreads, or preserves.
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 orange, zested and juiced
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon water
- ¾ cup apricot jam, or as needed
- 2 tablespoons white sugar, or as needed
Instructions
- Sift together all-purpose flour
- baking powder
- and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
- Beat eggs with an electric mixer in a second bowl until smooth. Set aside.
- Mix sugar
- vegetable oil
- orange and lemon zests and juices
- and vanilla extract in a third bowl. Add to beaten eggs; mix well. Add the flour mixture and beat until the dough starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl and forms a ball.
- Place dough onto a floured work surface and knead until it no longer sticks to your fingers. Shape into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets.
- Whisk egg
- cream
- and water together to make glaze.
- Divide chilled dough into 4 sections. Roll out dough on floured work surface with a floured rolling pin until it is about 1/8-inch thick. Use a cookie cutter or jar lid to cut out circles about 4 inches in diameter.
- Place 1 teaspoon of apricot jam in the center of a dough circle. Pinch 2 sides together to create 2 sides of a triangle. Use some of the egg glaze as ‘glue’ if needed. Fold the bottom of the circle up to form the third side of the ‘hat
- leaving a little of the filling visible in the center. Repeat with remaining dough circles and filling.
- Place cookies on the prepared cookie sheets. Brush tops with egg glaze mixture using a pastry brush. Sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake in the preheated oven until light golden brown
- about 18 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack with a spatula.
Prep Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 30