Hamantaschen

Dough

Ingredients

  • Flour (2.5 cups)

  • Sugar (0.5 cup)

  • Egg yolks (2)

  • Milk (0.25 cup)

  • Vanilla extract (1 spoon)

  • Salt (0.25 spoon)

  • Butter (200 grams)

Preparation

  • Cut butter into cubes

  • In a food processor, mix butter and sugar.

  • Add yolks

  • Add milk

  • Add vanilla extract

  • Add salt

  • Add flour

  • Wait until it becomes a ball of dough.

  • Put the dough on a floured surface.

  • Form it into the shape of a disk.

  • Wrap in saran wrap.

  • Chill for at least half an hour.

Fillings

Nutella

Mix a cup of nutella with one spoon of cornstarch.

Walnuts

Mix a cup of walnuts with a spoon of honey, maple syrup, or date honey.

Poppy seeds

  • Mix ground poppy seeds with milk.

  • Cook until its thick like porridge.

  • Chill.

Cookies

Ingredients

  • Chilled cookie dough

  • Fillings

  • Confectioner’s sugar.

Preparation

  • Roll the dough until it is 0.5cm thick.

  • Cut 8cm-10cm circles.

  • Put a spoon of filling in the middle.

  • Close into a triangle.

  • Put baking paper on a baking tray.

  • Put the cookies on the baking pepper.

  • Preheat oven to 350F.

  • Bake cookies until golden brown (10m-15m, check)

  • Chill.

  • Sprinkle confectioner’s sugar.