Hamentashen recipe

It’s that time of yr again… time to break out the bakeware and get into a “triangular” state of thoughts! The Jewish holiday of Purim is all about triangle-shaped foods– traditional Jewish baked goodies like bourekas, sambusak, and of course hamantaschen cookies. In the story of Purim, it is stated that the villain Haman wore a triangular hat all over the place he went. Triangular foods like hamantaschen have three corners to represent Haman’s hat. My husband grew up in Israel calling these cookies oznei haman, which translates from Hebrew to “Haman’s ears.”Apparently, in some versions of the story, haman has triangular ears. There is also a concept out there that Haman had triangular pockets, considering that the word hamantaschen practically translates from Yiddish as “Haman’s pockets” (I have a tendency to believe the translation has more to do with the fact that these cookies are filled, like small pockets of dough). A far more poetic interpretation links the three corners of the triangle shape to the 3 founding fathers of Judaism—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Whatever the purpose, it’s classic to eat triangular meals like hamantaschen on Purim… so consume them we need to!

I hit on this Dairy Totally free Hamantaschen recipe soon after a number of many years of experimenting in the kitchen, looking for a foolproof hamantaschen dough. I’m a perfectionist, so my go-to dough needs to be totally excellent! I had a extended list of criteria for the dough. I wanted it to have the following qualities:

– Simple to roll out

– Won’t expand/open close to the filling when baked

– Does not contain margarine or shortening

– Bakes up delicate with a wonderful texture (not heavy)

– Great taste that will compliment any variety of sweet filling

This dough satisfies all the criteria… it is actually a wonderful dough. It does not call for refrigeration ahead of rolling out. It’s also really simple to work with– the “feel” of the dough is terrific. It’s the very best texture I’ve developed for rolling and shaping. Most importantly, it produces the tastiest hamantaschen ever. My family is in love with these cookies!

You can use any hamantaschen filling you like with this dough I’ve linked to the filling recipes accessible on my website below (the two dairy and non-dairy fillings). The important to a good filling is to make certain it is thick enough to avert working, but not so thick that it bakes up dry or challenging. All of these filling recipes are tasty, and they all have the correct texture for use in hamantaschen. I will update this list of fillings as I include new ones to the internet site.

Hamantaschen Fillings

Favor a butter-based mostly hamantaschen dough? Click here for my Buttery Hamantaschen recipe. To find out far more about the vacation of Purim, click here.