Mike's Preschool's Hamentashen Recipe

Happy Purim!

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup oil
  • 1 rind of an orange
  • juice of 1 orange
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 4-4½ cups flour
  • 3 tsps. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • apricot jam, raspberry jam, or other filling
  1. Beat 3 eggs
  2. Add 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of oil
  3. Add rind and juice; blend
  4. Add vanilla; blend
  5. Combine remaining dry ingredients and then add to mixture; blend
  6. Roll out dough to ⅛"1
  7. Cut with round cookie cutter or drinking glass
  8. Place 1 tsp.2 filling in center of each round
  9. Fold edges up to shape into a triangle
  10. Place on ungreased cookie sheet
  11. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes until light golden brown
  12. Remove from pan and let cool

Notes:

  1. For easier rolling, place dough between 2 pieces of waxed paper or spread a small amount of flour on the counter and the rolling pin
  2. This won't look like enough filling. Trust me, it is.