15 hamantashen Recipes

butter or margarine, softened, white sugar, eggs, orange juice, vanilla extract, baking powder, all-purpose flour, poppyseed filling

active dry yeast, milk, white sugar, butter, salt, all-purpose flour, eggs, poppyseed filling, lemon zest, lemon juice, egg yolk, cold water

sweet butter at room temperature, sugar, milk, eggs, beaten, vanilla or almond extract, salt, flour, confectioners sugar for dusting (optional), ried apricots, cinnamon sticks, sugar

this recipeis from an old gourmet magazine in 1997 and it s fantastic, all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, cold unsalted butter, cut into bits, cream cheese, cut into bits, egg yolk, vanilla, filling (apricot or cherry jam, ready made poppy seed or prune filling), in a bowl, with a pastry blender, or food processor, blend or pulse flour, sugar and salt to combine and add butter and cream cheese, blending or pulsing until mixture resembles coarse crumbs., in a small bowl, stir together yolk and vanilla and add to flour mixture, blending or pulsing just until mixture begins to come together (do not overmix). gather dough into a ball and flatten into a disk. chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour and up to 2 days., preheat oven to 375. divide the dough in half. on a lightly floured cool surface, knead half the dough (keeping other half wrapped and chilled) 2 or 3 times to make it less crumbly. roll out dough 1/4-inch thick, and with a 3-inch cutter, cut out as many rounds as possible. transfer rounds with a metal spatula to a large baking sheet, arranging about 1/2 inch apart. reroll scraps and cut out more rounds. put 1 tsp filling in centre of each round and fold up edges to form triangular cookies resembling a tricornered hat, pinching corners together and leaving filling exposed. (pinch dough tightly enough so seams are no longer visible and sides are taut enough to prevent cookies from leaking the filling as they bake.), bake hamantashen in middle of oven 20 minutes , or until pale golden. cool hamantashen on baking sheet 5 minutes and transfer to racks to cool completely. make more hamantashen with remaining dough and filling in same manner. hamantashen keep in an airtight container at room temperature for 5 days. makes 2 dozen., margarine or butter, softened, sugar, egg, orange juice concentrate, vanilla, salt, up to 1 tbsp. of water, cherry pie filling , slightly drained of the gooey syrup, breadcrumbs, flour, powdered sugar for garnish, in the bowl of an electric mixer , cream together the margarine or butter and sugar. add the egg, orange juice concentrate and vanilla. beat to combine. add in the flour and salt., beat in the water a few drops at a time until dough starts to come away from sides of bowl (you can do this in a food processor). place the dough on wax paper and push it into a flat disk. place another sheet of wax paper on top and wrap the dough in foil. refrigerate for at least 2 hours or as long as overnight., at baking time , preheat oven to 350. in a bowl, combine the slightly drained cherry pie filling and bread crumbs. mix to combine., on a floured surface , roll out the dough until it s about 1/4-inch thick. using a round cookie cutter, cut out circles. spoon 2 to 3 cherries and a little bit of filling onto the dough circles and form into triangles. place on a cookie sheet lined with baking paper. bake for 12-15 minutes or until just starting to turn pale golden. remove from oven and cool on rack. when cool, dust with powdered sugar and serve. makes 2 to 3 dozen depending on the size circle you cut out., margarine or butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, raspberry preserves, grease 2 cookie sheets. in an electric mixer , combine the margarine, sugar, egg and vanilla and beat until fluffy., in another bowl, combine the cocoa , flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. mix to combine and then add to the margarine mixture. do not over mix. divide dough in half and chill for 1 hour., submitted by rozie schwartzman who got it from a blog she can tsp remember .

butter (1 1/2 sticks), sugar, whole eggs beaten, vanilla, flour, baking soda, salt

flour, sugar, oil, eggs, baking powder, orange juice (apple juice may be substituted), salt, vanilla

sugar, butter or 1/4 lb margarine, eggs, vanilla, orange juice, flour, baking powder, salt if you use unsalted butter, apricot jam or 1 (1 lb) jar prune jam

margarine, sugar, eggs, vanilla, orange juice, fresh lemon juice, baking powder, salt, all-purpose flour, prune, dried apricot, raisins, cherry preserves, nuts, chopped (pecans are good)

honey, coarsely chopped walnuts, fine dry breadcrumb, grated lemon zest

eggs, sugar, oil, apple juice or 1/3 cup orange juice, flour, vanilla extract, almond extract (optional), baking powder

eggs, oil, sugar, vanilla, baking powder, salt, flour, raspberry preserves or apricot jam, lekvar, etc

chopped dried apricots, orange juice, honey, orange , zest of, grated, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cold unsalted butter or 3/4 cup pareve margarine, sugar, egg, egg white, orange , zest of, grated