Hamentashen Recipe

The Dough:

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup of sugar
• 3/4 cup of oil
• 4 cups of flour
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• juice of one orange

Beat the eggs. Using a mixer, add the sugar and beat well. Add the remaining ingredients (oil, flour, baking powder and orange juice) and mix until blended.

The Filling:

Delicious prune, apricot or other fruit pastry fillings can be store-bought.

 Making The Hamentashen

• Roll out small amounts of the dough at a time until 1/4 inch thick. Dough will be soft, so use enough flour on the rolling pin and board so it doesn’t stick.
• Using a 2 inch round cookie cutter, cut out circles of dough.
• Place a rounded teaspoon of filling in the center of each circle of dough.
• Fold up three sides of the circle and pinch the ends to make triangles.
• Place Hamantashen on a greased cookie sheet.
• Brush each Hamantashen with beaten egg for a golden finish.
• Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
• When finished baking, remove Hamantashen from cookie sheet to cool.