Best Hamentashen Recipes

HAMENTASHEN

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, whisk the oil, eggs, egg yolk, sugar, zest, both juices and brandy until smooth. Gradually stir in the flour mixture until a sticky dough is formed. Wrap in plastic wrap, flatten into a disk and chill overnight.
• When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Working with about one quarter of the dough at a time and leaving the remaining in the refrigerator, roll on lightly floured surface a little less than 1/4-inch thick. Cut circles (or other fun shapes) using cookie cutters 2 1/2 to 3 inches. Place a spoonful of filling in center (about 1 teaspoon per cookie) and then pinch one side up. Turn and pinch second and then third to make a triangular shape. Leave a little bit of the filling showing at the top. For non-traditional shapes, use your imagination: tubular, squares, bite-size or even some flat cookies depressed in the center with a bit of filling there.
• Place cookies on parchment paper on cookie sheet, brush with a little beaten egg for sheen and bake until nicely browned, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Keep room temp in airtight container but consume within 3 to 4 days, tops.
• Combine everything except the lemon zest and juice and the beaten egg into a saucepan and cook over moderate heat until thick, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir often. Add zest and juice. Take a bit of the filling and mix it into the beaten egg. Repeat, then mix the egg mixture into the pot of filling. Cool overnight.

CHOCOLATE HAMENTASHEN FILLING

Steps:

• In a microwave proof bowl melt the 5 oz semisweet chocolate and the unsweetened chocolate together.
• Mix in all the margarine, flour, baking powder, salt, eggs, vanilla, coffee and sugar.
• Mix to combine and then fold in the chocolate chips and nuts.
• The extra filling (if any) may be made into chocolate brownie drop cookies.
• Makes enough filling for at least 3 dozen hamentashen.

THE BEST EVER CHERRY HAMENTASHEN

Steps:

• Cream margarine in mixer bowl.
• Add sugar and beat till fluffy.
• Beat in egg, lemon peel, and vanilla.
• Add in flour and salt.
• Beat in water a few drops at a time until dough starts to come away from sides of bowl.
• Place dough in a 2-quart size bag and form into a flat disk.
• Refrigerate for a minimum of 2-3 hours and maximum of 2-3 days.
• Roll out dough flat about an 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface.
• Using a round cookie cutter or the top of a cup, cut out circles.
• Spoon 2 cherries and a little bit of filling onto the dough circles.
• To fold into the shape of a hamentashen (a triangle) use both thumbs and the two first fingers on each hand.
• Slide two fingers from left hand under left side and two fingers from right hand under right side and two thumbs under the bottom of circle.
• Bring all fingers (with dough) together to form a triangle and try to pinch close.
• Repeat this process with remaining circles and dough.
• Place on a cookie sheet lined with baking paper.
• Sprinkle a small amount of sugar on top of each one.
• Bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes or just starting to turn pale golden.

PRUNE FILLING FOR HAMENTASHEN

Steps:

• Combine ingredients in small saucepan. Cook over low heat until prunes are very soft. Puree with stick blender.

HAMENTASHEN WITH YEAST DOUGH

Steps:

• Combine all the dry ingredients.
• In a separate bowl, mix together all the liquid ingredients.
• Gradually add the dry ingredients to the liquid to form a dough.
• Knead the dough for 5-10 minutes until it is smooth and elastic.
• Spray a large mixing bowl with Pam and place the dough inside.
• Spray the Pam on the dough and cover loosely with a towel until the dough doubles in size.
• Punch down the dough.
• Divide into thirds on a lightly floured surface.
• Roll out each piece until it is ¼-inch thick.
• Cut out 3-inch rounds.
• Reroll scraps.
• Place the filling in the center of each dough round.
• Fold three sides up to form a triangle, leaving some filling exposed in the center.
• Place the hamentashen 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets.
• Cover again and let rise at room temperature until nearly double, about one hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Brush the tops of the hamentashen with the egg wash.
• Bake for about 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

OZNEI HAMAN (OR HAMENTASHEN OR JEWISH TRICORN COOKIES)

Steps:

• For the dough: Beat the butter with the sugar until light and creamy. Beat in the vanilla and egg yolks. Sift over the flour, stir in, then work into a dough with your hands. Knead until smooth. Put in plastic wrap and chill while fixing the filling.
• For the filling: Put the poppy seeds, honey, sugar, lemon rind and juice into a pan with 4 tbl water and bring to the boil, stirring. Remove from the heat and beat in the almonds, egg and raisins. Cool while working with dough.
• Preheat the oven to 350 and line two large baking sheets with baking parchment paper. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8" thickness. Using a plain round 3" cutter, stamp out rounds.
• Place a heaped teaspoon of filling on each round. Brush the edges with beaten egg, then bring the sides to the center to form a tricorn shape. Seal the edges together well and place on prepared baking sheets, spaced slightly apart.
• Brush with beaten egg and bake for 20-30 minutes, or until golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool.

APRICOT HAMENTASCHEN (HAMENTASHEN / HAMANTASCHEN / HAMANTASHEN)

Steps:

• To make the Filling: Place the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 15 minutes or until soft and the liquid is absorbed. Add water, if needed. Let cool.
• To make the Dough: Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a food processor. Add the butter and pulse. In a small bowl, mix together the sugar, egg, egg white, and orange zest. Add it to the processor and pulse to mix, being careful not to over mix. Divide into 2 disks and chill 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Roll out the dough on a floured work surface to 1/4-inch thick. Cut out 2 1/2 to 3-inch disks. (You can re-roll the scrapes to make more disks.) Place a disk of dough down and place 1 teaspoon of filling in the center. Pinch the disk in 3 places to form a triangular shape with the filling still showing in the center. They will look like 3 cornered hats. Place 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Continue until all the disks are made.
• Bake for 12 to 14 minutes.

EASY PURIM HAMENTASHEN

Steps:

• To make fillings, cover prunes with water in a saucepan, bring to a boil over medium heat, cover, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook for 10 minutes. Drain the liquid, and mash the prunes with a potato masher. Stir in 1/4 cup of walnuts, 2 tablespoons of honey, and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. In another saucepan, cover apricots with water, bring to a boil, cover, and simmer 10 minutes; drain liquid. Mash apricots with 1/4 cup walnuts, 2 tablespoons honey, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Set both fillings aside.
• For the cookie, stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl until well mixed.
• In another bowl, place the butter, shortening, and sugar, and mash them together with a spoon until the mixture is completely combined and creamy. Beat the egg, milk, and vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Beat the flour mixture gradually into the butter mixture, while sifting the flour mixture in through a sifter. Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface, and knead a few times, until smooth and easy to handle. If dough is too sticky, knead in additional flour 1 tablespoon at a time. Cut the dough into two portions, wrap each portion separately, and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Roll a portion of dough out on a floured surface to 1/8-inch thick, and cut into 12 circles with a 3-inch round cutter. Place 1 heaping teaspoon of prune filling into the center of a dough circle, and pinch the dough together to form a triangle, with the center open to expose the filling. Repeat for the rest of the circles.
• Brush the cookies with beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar, if desired. Bake in preheated oven until the cookies are lightly browned, 18 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for about 5 minutes before removing to finish cooling on rack.
• While the prune cookies are baking, repeat the process with the second refrigerated portion of dough, rolling and cutting as before, and filling each with 1 heaping teaspoon of apricot filling. Pinch the cookies into triangles, brush with egg and sprinkle with coarse sugar as before, and bake the apricot cookies in the preheated oven for 18 minutes. Cool as for prune cookies.

HAMENTASHEN WITH BROWNIE FILLING

Steps:

• Beat the eggs and sugar until creamy. Stir in the vegetable oil, apple juice, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. Mix the baking powder into the flour and add it to the egg mixture, stirring to form a dough. Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight.
• Prepare the filling: combine the brownie mix, eggs, water, and vegetable oil and mix well. (You can also follow the package directions and use the low-fat version, if desired). Refrigerate the brownie batter for 3 hours or overnight.
• Remove the cookie dough from the refrigerator and let it rest at room temperature for 30 minutes. Mix the egg and tablespoon of water to make an egg wash.
• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Roll out half the dough on a long piece of parchment paper into a rectangle about 1/4 inch thick. Use a large round cookie cutter to cut circles in the dough. Remove the scraps of dough from around the circles.
• Using two spoons, place 1 tablespoon of chilled brownie batter in the center of each cookie dough circle. Brush the edges of the cookie circles with egg wash.
• Fold the cookie into a triangular shape, bringing the edges up so they partially overlap the brownie filling. Pinch the corners to seal the dough. Brush the hamentashen with egg wash. Repeat with the remaining circles and the other half of the dough.
• Transfer the parchment paper holding the cookies onto a baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven until the bottoms of the cookies are light golden brown, about 10 minutes.

HAMENTASHEN

Steps:

• Mix everything together until you have a nice dough.
• Take piece by piece from the dough and roll it out with a rolling pin on a floured surface until you get a nice disk.
• Taking a drinking glass, use it to make a nice circle.
• Fill it up with poppy seed filling and close it in the shape of a triangle.
• Bake it in a preheated 350 F degree oven for about 30 minutes. Makes 50 to 60 cookies.

WORKING MOM'S HAMENTASHEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix and flour. Stir in the eggs and water to form a stiff dough. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into 3 inch round circles and place 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets. Place a teaspoon of filling into the center of each cookie and pinch the sides to form three corners. Moisten with water if necessary.
• Bake for 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Allow cookies to cool for 1 minute on the cookie sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

POPPY SEED (MUN) HAMENTASHEN FILLING

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together and plop onto hamentaschen.

CAKE MIX HAMENTASHEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Spray cookie sheet with cookie spray.
• In a large mixing bowl combine flour and cake mix.
• Stir in water and eggs until a stiff dough forms.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out to 1/8 inch.
• Cut into 2-3 inch circles, I use the top of a drinking glass dipped in flour before cutting.
• Place dough 2 inches apart on cooking sheet.
• Place a teaspoon of filling in the center of each circle.
• Fold the sides in to form three corners(triangle).
• Moist edges with water or egg wash before folding if needed.
• Bake for 10minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheets and remove to wire racks to cool completely.

CAKE MIX HAMENTASHEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Spray cookie sheet with cookie spray.
• In a large mixing bowl combine flour and cake mix.
• Stir in water and eggs until a stiff dough forms.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out to 1/8 inch.
• Cut into 2-3 inch circles, I use the top of a drinking glass dipped in flour before cutting.
• Place dough 2 inches apart on cooking sheet.
• Place a teaspoon of filling in the center of each circle.
• Fold the sides in to form three corners(triangle).
• Moist edges with water or egg wash before folding if needed.
• Bake for 10minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheets and remove to wire racks to cool completely.

HAMENTASHEN COOKIES ISRAELI RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.and spray a cookie sheet with pam non stick cooking spray.
• mix all the ingredients for the dough (everything except the poppy seed filling and milk) until you have a soft dough that is easy to work with.
• dilute the poppy seed filling with the milk. Mix well
• roll the dough until it is about 1/4 inch thickness.
• Using a round glass about 3" in diameter, create circles.
• In the center of each put a tspn of filling.
• fold in 3 sides and pinch dough together to create triangles.
• bake for 15-20 minutes until light golden brown.

HAMENTASHEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°.
• Pour the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and pulse twice in a food processor or run for 20 seconds on low in a KitchenAid.
• Slice the butter into the dry mixture.
• Mix until the lumps are smaller than a quarter of an inch in diameter (pea-sized).
• Add the egg yolk.
• Gradually sprinkle water over the mixture.
• Mix with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the mixture clumps together.
• Make the dough into a ball, trying to handle it as little as possible.
• Wrap the dough ball in plastic wrap.
• Flatten the dough ball in the plastic wrap until it is approximately 2 inches thick.
• Put the dough ball in the freezer for 10 minutes.
• Remove the dough ball from the freezer and cut it in half.
• Take out two pieces of wax paper approximately 18" long.
• Roll half of the dough ball between the two pieces of wax paper until each side of the dough is ¼ inch thick. Make sure it is even! The dough will be sticky so sprinkle extra flour on top as needed.
• Cut out the dough using the cookie cutter.
• Repeat steps 14 and 15 with the other half of the dough ball.
• Place about 1 tbs of jam in the center of each circle and fold it into a triangle.
• Put the triangles in the freezer for 5 minutes or the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
• Remove the triangles from the refrigerator or freezer and place them on the cookie pans.
• Bake for 45 minutes at 325° or until golden brown.