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POPPYSEED HAMANTASCHEN



Poppyseed Hamantaschen image

Hamantaschen are filled triangle-shaped cookies that are traditional to eat on Purim. The name translates literally to "Haman's pockets" but the shape is said to represent either the pockets, the ears or the hat of Haman, the villain in the Purim story. Fillings can range from fruit to chocolate to even savory things, but poppyseed is classic! It is sweet, sticky, and nutty.

Provided by Molly Yeh

Categories     dessert

Time 2h20m

Yield 2 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 15

1/2 cup poppy seeds
1/2 cup vanilla unsweetened almond milk
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Pinch kosher salt
Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
1/3 cup unrefined coconut oil, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
3 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling the dough
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/3 cup sprinkles of your choice

Steps:

  • For the filling: Finely grind the poppy seeds, in batches if necessary, in a spice or coffee grinder. Transfer to a small saucepan and stir in the almond milk, sugar, honey, vanilla, salt and lemon zest and juice. Bring to a rapid simmer and cook, stirring often, until thick and jammy (if you draw a spoon across the bottom of the pan, you will see a line), 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and let cool completely. (You can refrigerate to expedite the process.)
  • For the dough: Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Combine the coconut oil and sugar in a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on high speed until fluffy, about 1 minute. Add the lemon zest and 2 of the eggs, then beat until very smooth, about 1 minute. Add the flour, baking powder and salt and beat on medium-low just until the dough comes together and cleans the side of the bowl. Wrap the dough in plastic and chill until the dough firms up enough to be rolled but is not so cold that it will crack, about 15 minutes. (You can make the dough ahead and refrigerate, but let it sit at room temperature for 10 minutes or so before rolling.)
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Beat the remaining egg with a splash of water. Cut the dough in half. Roll one piece on a floured work surface to about 1/8-inch thick. Use a 3-inch ring cutter to cut out as many circles as you can, saving the scraps. To form the hamantaschen, brush a circle with the egg wash and dollop about a teaspoon of filling in the center. Fold the dough up into 3 corners to form a triangle with the filling exposed in the middle. (Don't worry if the hamantaschen don't look completely full at this point; the filling expands as it bakes.) Place on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining circles and dough half, rerolling the scraps once, if desired.
  • Have your sprinkles standing by. Brush the hamantaschen with the egg wash (just the dough, not the filling). Bake, rotating the trays from top to bottom halfway through baking, until the filling is bubbly and the dough is set and light golden, about 12 minutes. While the filling is still hot, top with the sprinkles. Let cool before serving.

HAMANTASCHEN WITH POPPY SEED FILLING



Hamantaschen With Poppy Seed Filling image

Purim, which celebrates the biblical story of the Jews' deliverance from a plot to kill them by Haman, minister to the Persian king, is a special time when people drink, dance and play jokes. Gifts of food called shalah manot are distributed, which include fruit, cookies and, of course, hamantaschen.

Provided by Joan Nathan

Categories     cookies and bars, dessert

Time 2h15m

Yield About 30 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 17

1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 large egg yolks
8 ounces unsalted butter at room temperature, in small pieces
Grated zest of 1 lemon
2 1/4 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
Dash of salt
1 large egg, beaten, for the glaze
1 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
Grated zest of 1/2 orange
1 cup poppy seeds
1/3 cup raisins
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 tablespoon brandy
1/2 tablespoon orange liqueur
1/2 tablespoon butter
1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Put the confectioners' sugar and the egg yolks in a food processor and blend. Add butter and lemon zest and process to blend. Gradually add the flour and the salt, pulsing until it forms a ball. Divide the dough in half, flatten each into a disk, wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Chill until firm, at least 1 hour or up to overnight.
  • Meanwhile, prepare the filling: Put milk, sugar and orange zest in a saucepan over medium heat. Grind poppy seeds to a fine powder in coffee grinder, taking care not to over-process to a paste. When milk mixture is warm, turn heat to low and add poppy seeds and raisins. Cook at a low simmer stirring frequently until the seeds absorb the milk and the mixture is thick, about 15 minutes. Add the lemon juice, brandy, orange liqueur and butter. Stir and cook for 2 minutes more. Stir in the vanilla extract, remove from the heat and let cool completely, or chill until needed, up to 3 days.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Unwrap one of the chilled dough disks and place on a piece of parchment paper that has been dusted lightly with flour. Lightly dust the top of the dough with flour. Cover with a second piece of parchment paper. Let stand at room temperature until malleable, about 5 minutes. Use a rolling pin to press and roll out the dough into a 1/4-inch- thick round between the sheets of parchment, flipping the dough occasionally. Use a plain biscuit or cookie cutter or glass to cut 3-inch circles, placing the circles on the prepared baking sheet spaced 1 inch apart. Place the baking sheet in the refrigerator to chill until firm while you repeat the rolling/cutting process with the second round of dough.
  • Remove the first pan of dough rounds from the refrigerator. Place a heaping teaspoon of the filling in the center of each, and press up the sides to form triangles, pinching the ends closed. If the dough is too firm, let stand a minute or two to soften; returning the baking sheet to the refrigerator if the dough becomes too soft. Repeat with the remaining dough rounds.
  • Brush the tops with beaten egg. Bake until golden and dough is delicately firm all the way through, about 13-18 minutes, rotating the racks front to back and top to bottom after about 10 minutes.
  • Place trays on wire racks for 10 minutes before transferring cookies on parchment to racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 163, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 18 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 3 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 14 milligrams, Sugar 9 grams, TransFat 0 grams

HAMANTASCHEN



Hamantaschen image

Provided by Mimi Sheraton

Categories     project, dessert, side dish

Time 1h30m

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/4 pound real cream cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
Pinch of salt
2 teaspoons sugar
1 large egg
2 3/4 cups flour, approximately
1 pound prune jam (lekvar)
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2/3 cup finely chopped walnuts

Steps:

  • Let butter and cream soften at room temperature. Cream them together until thoroughly blended; beat in sour cream.
  • Stir in salt, sugar and the egg.
  • Gradually beat in flour, adding just enough to make a dough that will stick together. Form a ball, wrap in waxed paper and chill overnight.
  • Before rolling out dough, prepare filling by blending prune jam with remaining ingredients. Set aside.
  • Divide dough in half; place one half in the refrigerator while you roll the first. Place a sheet of waxed paper on the counter top or pastry board and place the first half of the dough on it. Top with a second sheet of waxed paper. Using a rolling pin, roll dough between sheets of waxed paper, turning the dough over with the paper so it is rolled on both sides and lifting the sheets of paper between every two or three rollings. Dough should be about 1/8-inch thick.
  • Roll the second half of the dough in the same way.
  • Using a 3 1/2- to 4-inch round cookie cutter, cut circles from the rolled out dough. Place a well-rounded teaspoon of prune filling in the center of each circle.
  • Moisten the edges of each circle with a little cold water and shape triangles; be sure to pinch the three corner seams tightly closed.
  • Arrange hamantaschen on cookie sheets and place in refrigerator for 30 minutes to an hour before baking.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake hamantaschen for about 15 minutes or until bottoms and tops are golden brown.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 298, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 43 grams, Fat 12 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 71 milligrams, Sugar 17 grams, TransFat 0 grams

ALL-THE-SEEDS HAMANTASCHEN



All-The-Seeds Hamantaschen image

These hamantaschen are filled with a celebration of seeds set in chewy-soft caramelized honey. While poppy is traditional, we threw in sesame, sunflower, and pumpkin as well for variety and crunch. Be sure to work quickly when forming the filling into balls: It will firm up as it cools, but soften again when you bake the cookies.

Provided by Kendra Vaculin

Categories     Cookies     Butter     Cream Cheese     Egg     Orange     Sesame     Honey     Purim     Dessert

Yield Makes about 24

Number Of Ingredients 20

Dough
¾ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. kosher salt
1½ cups (188 g) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
½ cup (100 g) sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp. finely grated orange zest
Filling and assembly
¼ cup (36 g) raw pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
¼ cup (34 g) raw sunflower seeds
¼ cup (39 g) poppy seeds, plus more for sprinkling
¼ cup (34 g) sesame seeds, plus more for sprinkling
½ cup honey
2 Tbsp. tahini
¾ tsp. kosher salt, plus more
1 large egg
Special equipment
A 3"-diameter cookie cutter

Steps:

  • Dough
  • Whisk baking powder, salt, and 1½ cups (188 g) flour in a medium bowl to combine. Set aside. Beat butter, cream cheese, and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium-high until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add egg and orange zest and beat, scraping down sides of bowl as needed, just until combined. Reduce speed to low and with motor running, gradually add dry ingredients. Beat until dough comes together and no streaks of dry flour remain.
  • Divide dough in half and place each half on a piece of beeswax or plastic wrap. Pat into a 1"-thick disk. Wrap tightly and chill until firm, at least 2 hours and up to 12 hours.
  • Filling
  • Preheat oven to 325°F. Mix pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, ¼ cup poppy seeds, and ¼ cup sesame seeds in a medium heatproof bowl. Heat honey in a small saucepan over medium, stirring occasionally with a heatproof rubber spatula, until it bubbles and foams and turns dark amber (an instant read thermometer should register 300°F), about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in tahini and ¾ tsp. salt. Pour over seeds and stir to coat. Let cool slightly (you want the mixture to be as hot as possible since it hardens as it cools, but not so hot you could burn your hands). Working quickly, scoop out heaping teaspoonfuls of filling and roll into 24 balls.
  • Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to a scant ¼" thick. Punch out cookies with cutter. Transfer to 2 parchment-lined baking sheets. (You should ideally have 12 cookies per baking sheet.) They won't spread, so don't worry about getting them close. Gather up and reroll any scraps.
  • Beat egg with 1 Tbsp. water and a pinch of salt in a small bowl. Working one at a time, brush rounds with egg wash and place a ball of filling in the center. Fold sides of dough up to make a triangle, pinching corners to seal. Brush sides of dough with egg wash and sprinkle with more sesame seeds and poppy seeds.
  • Bake hamantaschen, rotating pans top to bottom and front to back halfway through, until crust is golden brown and filling is puffed, 18-22 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets.
  • Do ahead: Cookies can be baked 3 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.

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