Hamantaschen Cookie Dough
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A hamantash (also spelled hamentasch, homentash, homentasch, (h)umentash, a filled cookie traditionally eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim.
Ingredients
| ½ | cup |
butter
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| 1 | cup |
sugar
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| 2 | teaspoons |
baking powder
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|
| 1 | each |
eggs
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|
| 1 | x |
vanilla extract
or lemon extract |
* |
| 2 | tablespoons |
milk
|
|
| 2 | cups |
all-purpose flour
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| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
Directions
Cream butter sugar and add egg.
Mix and sift flour and baking powder and salt and add some of mixture to creamed butter and sugar mixture.
Add the milk and rest of flour.
Add flavoring. Roll dough out, cut into rounds and place spoonful of filling on each round.
Form into triangles and bake at 375℉ (190℃). for 15 to 30 min., depending on size.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 18g (0.6 oz)Amount per Serving
Calories 7135% of calories from fat
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 3g
4%
Saturated Fat 2g
8%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol 12mg
4%
Sodium 53mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
4g
4%
Dietary Fiber 0g
1%
Sugars g
Protein
2g
Vitamin A 2%
•
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 1%
•
Iron 2%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet
How is this calculated?
lynn in ma
I used only 1/3 c. sugar and substituted 4 oz. light cream cheese for the milk and mixed in my processor. I refrigerated the dough 2 hrs. before filling and shaping. Filled w/ black raspberry preserves & orange marmalade. Delicious!
about 10 years ago