As my birthday merges with the best of holidays - Purim ✨, I've decided to celebrate by sharing my favorite recipe for the most delicious holiday treat: Hamantaschen!
This is the yummy result:
And here is how to get there:
Ingredients (for 40-50 cookies. Great for a Purim party!):
This is the yummy result:
And here is how to get there:
Ingredients (for 40-50 cookies. Great for a Purim party!):
- 7 cups flour
- 1.5 cups powdered sugar
- 400 grams butter (room temperature)
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Fillings of your choice. Anything sweet will work. My family's favorites are Nutella, white chocolate spread and speculoos (such as Lotus) spread, but you can go wild here!
- Preheat the oven to 160°C/ 320°F.
- Mix the flour, powdered sugar and butter until a fine crumbly texture forms.
- Add the eggs, vanilla extract and lemon juice, and process or mix until the dough is smooth.
- Shape the dough into a ball, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour (overnight is fine, too).
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll out into a thin layer, about 3-4 mm/ 1/8 inch.
- Cut out circles with a cookie cutter or the rim of a glass, about 7-8 cm/ 3 inch in diameter.
- Fill the center of each cookie with a spoonful (not too much, or the cookies will open when baked) of the filling(s) of your choice. Now comes the tricky part: raise the edges of the circle to form a triangle, and pinch it together, gently but firmly.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes until the cookies are lightly golden and look stable (keep baking a little longer if they aren't yet), then take them out and cool.
✨ And as always, if you haven't yet, go ahead and grab my gift ADHD fantasy story, Distracted Magic! ✨