Traditional Hamantaschen Recipe

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Traditional Hamantaschen
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  1. Into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl with an electric mixer beat shortening, sugar, and egg at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add zest and juice and beat until incorporated. Add flour mixture, stirring, until a smooth dough is formed. Gather dough into a ball and flatten into a disk. Chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 3 hours and up to 2 days.
  2. Preheat oven to 375° F.
  3. Halve dough. On a lightly floured surface roll out half of dough (keeping other half wrapped and chilled) 1/4 inch thick. 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 teaspoon filling in center 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 filling as they bake.)
  4. Bake hamantaschen in middle of oven 20 minutes, or until pale golden. Cool hamantaschen on baking sheet 5 minutes and transfer to racks to cool completely. Make more hamantaschen with remaining dough and filling in same manner. Hamantaschen keep in an airtight container at room temperature 5 days.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 121.18 Kcal (507 kJ)
Calories from fat 53.99 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6g 9%
Cholesterol 13.21mg 4%
Sodium 59.89mg 2%
Potassium 57.5mg 1%
Total Carbs 14.85g 5%
Sugars 6.37g 25%
Dietary Fiber 0.56g 2%
Protein 2.26g 5%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 1%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Calcium 39.8mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 411.19 Kcal (1722 kJ)
Calories from fat 183.19 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20.35g 9%
Cholesterol 44.82mg 4%
Sodium 203.2mg 2%
Potassium 195.1mg 1%
Total Carbs 50.39g 5%
Sugars 21.6g 25%
Dietary Fiber 1.89g 2%
Protein 7.68g 5%
Vitamin C 1.1mg 1%
Iron 1.4mg 2%
Calcium 135mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 2.8
    Points
  • 3
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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