Hamantashen

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4-1 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 tablespoon orange juice
• 1 teaspoon orange rind (or rind of 1 medium orange)
• 1 lb strawberries or 1 lb apricot preserves or 1 lb canned cherry pie filling or 1 lb prepared poppy seed filling (mohn) or 1 lb apple pie filling (my favorite)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f grease cookie sheets.
• 2 place all ingredients in a large mixer bowl and beat together.
• 3 you may add a drop more juice or flour, depending on the consistency of the dough.
• 4 roll dough into a ball.
• 5 divide into four parts.
• 6 on a floured board or counter roll out each portion to about 1/4" thick.
• 7 using a round biscuit or cookie cutter or cup, cut approximately 3" circle.
• 8 place on greased cookie sheet.
• 9 spoon 1/2 teaspoon filling in the middle of each circle.
• 10 to shape into triangle, lift up the right& left sides, leaving the bottom down, and bring both sides to meet at the center above the filling.
• 11 bring top flap down to the center to meet the two sides.
• 12 pinch edges together.
• 13 bake in a 350 f preheated oven for approximately 20 minutes or until lightly browned.