Excellent Hamentashen dough

cookielady

Mon, Feb 18 2008, 12:17 pm

This recipe is from Mrs. Ahuva Halpern and it is the best I have made

3 eggs
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup oil
1/3 cup apple juice
5 -5 1/2 cups flour
3 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp almond extract
3 tsp baking powder

Beat eggs and sugar until creamy. Add oil and beat. Add juice and extracts. Add baking powder. Gradually add flour until it becomes a good dough consistency. Fill with favorite filling ( I use brownie batter to fill mine)
Bake at 350 for approx. 10 minutes (until bottom is golden)

These freeze very well.

smiley:)

Mon, Feb 18 2008, 12:45 pm

Thanks so much. I may very well try it. About how many does it make?

cookielady

Mon, Feb 18 2008, 1:39 pm

This makes about 4 1/2 dozen hamentashen. I cut them out with the top of a tupperwear drinking cup, so you have an idea what size that is. (I hope.)

boruchhashem

Mon, Feb 18 2008, 1:47 pm

could you please write the exact recipe of brownie batter you use? thanks.

cookielady

Mon, Feb 18 2008, 8:35 pm

As I admitted in a different thread, I use duncan hines brownie mix for the brownie filling. embarrassed

greeneyes

Mon, Feb 18 2008, 9:29 pm

Cookielady, these hamantashen sound really good & I can't wait to try them. But how does it work out with the brownie filling? Isn't it a pretty runny consistency compared to the traditional hamentash fillings?

Also, pretty please...would you mind sharing your chocolate peanut butter hamentash recipe?

Ima'la

Mon, Feb 18 2008, 9:50 pm

Planning to try these...great idea about the brownie filling!

Figure you can't go wrong with a hamentash recipe from a cookielady! Very Happy

foreverhappy

Mon, Feb 18 2008, 9:52 pm

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Mimisinger

Mon, Feb 18 2008, 11:13 pm

I'll add my beware Smile

Almond extract is a concern if people are allergic to nuts. Maybe make sure you label them?

I'm however going to try them and leave out the almond extract Smile

smiley:)

Tue, Feb 19 2008, 5:21 am

Well we had lots of extra time today bc my husband was home for a bit so we made these hamantashen and it came out great. I just used regular jelly and date filling. Thanks a lot for the recipe!

pinkbubbles

Tue, Feb 19 2008, 5:41 am

whats this about brownie filling? how does that work?

sounds soo good!!

loveit

Tue, Feb 19 2008, 5:54 am

Can I forgo the almond extract? I really want to make some today...

smiley:)

Tue, Feb 19 2008, 6:36 am

Considering its such a small amt I'd say it should be ok. I also used orange juice instead oof apple juice since thats what I had. Tastes fine.

Newsie

Tue, Feb 19 2008, 8:05 am

Do you add eggs to your brownie batter or just the oil and water?

gamekeeper

Tue, Feb 19 2008, 9:40 am

ok... so I just opened this thread about an hour ago.... so I ran to the kitchen and made them!
ok... so how do I put it.... ummm... YYYYYYYUUUUUUMMMMMYYYYYYY!!!!
and my kids can vouch for it!!!
I didnt add the almond extract and filled them with jam... tastes just like baught ones!!!
thank you thank you thank you for the recipe!!!

loveit

Tue, Feb 19 2008, 10:39 am

gamekeeper wrote:

Me too, I jsut now took the second tray out of the oven, I can't keep DH away! I made them the exact same way as you gamekeeper, so good!

cookielady

Tue, Feb 19 2008, 12:02 pm

the truth is I made then w/o the almond extract because of a nut allergy friend and used oj cause that was what was in the house. They are great.

I do prepare the brownie batter with the eggs, oil and water. Its a thick batter so it works as the center.

Enjoy Everyone!!

beachgirl

Sun, Mar 02 2008, 11:01 pm

I made the hamantaschen and I agree-it's a perfect recipe, if u like crispy hamantash. I did try a few with the the brownie filling, which I did not find too successful...it kind of exploded out of the hamantash. The other ones (assorted jams, poppy) came out great.

Boys Mom

Mon, Mar 03 2008, 7:29 am

I also used this recipe and it worked very well with rolling etc...

The trick I found with the brownie filling is that you can't put too much batter into the hamantashen since it rises. I used cherry pie filling and prune lekvar. They both worked well.

lst

Thu, Mar 13 2008, 11:13 am

I just made this recipe and was totally not paying attention. I poured all the ingredients in together, not separately like the directions. Will they still come out ok?