"Just like a bakery" traditional hamantaschen

chocolate moose

Tue, Feb 13 2007, 8:16 pm

Just like a bakery traditional hamantaschen
makes four dozen

2 sticks par. margarine
1 1/4 cups sugar

2 eggs

1/4 cup juice
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
About 4 1/2 cups reg. flour

Egg wash (egg, water, and some sugar)
Filling - from a 12 oz. can or use jelly

Cream the shortening and sugar. Add eggs and blend until smooth. Stir in liquid and vanilla. Add your salt, baking powder, and flour to m ake firm but soft dough. Let sit a couple of minutes to absorb all liquid and then fridge it for easier rolling, 20 minutes should do it.

Preheat your oven to 350 and line your baking pan with foil or parchment paper.

Roll out dough to about 1/8th of a inch. Cut 3 inch rounds and brush with eg wash. Don't skimp on this b/c it's what holds the hamantaschen together!

Place 1/2 tsp of filling in each cengter and pinch to make triangle shape. Leave some filling exposed. Brush with egg wash again, and sprinkle with sugar and bake about 18-25 minutes until golden brown.

Dip in melted chocolate and coconut, or chocolate and nuts, or choc and sprinkles, for a festive touch!

mumof1

Thu, Feb 15 2007, 4:20 pm

does this freeze well? it sounds so pretty and delicious! I need to make it in advance cuz I have so much cooking and baking to do. I usually make the kbd recipe and it freezes so nicely.
your recipe sounds like it looks beautiful! let me know how it freezes, thanks!

chocolate moose

Thu, Feb 15 2007, 4:40 pm

You can freeze the unbaked dough OR the finished hamantaschen!

queen

Thu, Feb 15 2007, 6:20 pm

thanks moose..... where did you find this recipe?
from a curious queen
Queen

Raisin

Thu, Feb 15 2007, 6:44 pm

Why oh why would you want your hamantashen to taste like it came from a bakery? Homemade is so much nicer.

Bakery ones are usually dry and stale. Homemade ones are soft and yummy and you can freeze them straight away so they can stay that way.

Americans must have different tastebuds than other people! (as I thought as I looked at a bakery display case last week in NY and thought to myself that not a single thing appealed to my tastebuds. (except maybe the danishes)

chocolate moose

Thu, Feb 15 2007, 7:08 pm

Queen, it's from the Washington Post . . . a la Marcy Goodman but I changed some parts.

Enjoy it!

chocolate moose

Mon, Mar 03 2008, 2:00 pm

bump

chocolate moose

Mon, Feb 01 2010, 8:03 pm

bump

solo

Wed, Feb 17 2010, 5:39 pm

I just tried this recipe.
the dough seemed very soft and was a bit difficult to shape
the baked cookie had a good flavor but didnt hold together at all.
oh well
maybe some more flour or flour + an egg would make this recipe work

chocolate moose

Thu, Feb 18 2010, 10:50 am

then you didn't chill the dough long enough

chocolate moose

Sat, Feb 19 2011, 8:39 pm

bump as per recent discussion

gumdrop

Sat, Feb 19 2011, 9:17 pm

solo wrote:

That's such a bad feeling after all that hard work. I actually have a great recipe that almost never fails me that one year I decided to make them for mm and continued to do so ever since. Everyone tells me they look forward to them again and again. If you want I can post it.

nana18

Sun, Feb 20 2011, 1:05 am

yes please

ra_mom

Sun, Feb 20 2011, 1:16 am

If you plan to post another recipe, please do not hijack someone else's thread to post it here.

gumdrop

Sun, Feb 20 2011, 11:00 pm

I made a new thread check it out

The no fail hamentashen

chocolate moose

Sun, Feb 19 2012, 7:28 pm

bym for this year

chocolate moose

Wed, Feb 12 2014, 8:24 pm

bump