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Be Happy, It's Purim

DIANE SCHAEFER SPECIAL TO THE APPLETREE

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To help your children get into
the Purim spirit, here's a recipe
for the best hamantashen ever:

Dough-
4 I /2 cups flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
I /8 tsp. salt
I cup corn oil or margarine
1 Tbsp. grated orange rind
I /3 cup orange juice
4 large eggs
1 cup sugar
Stir together flour, baking
powder and salt. Set aside. In
large bowl or electric mixer, at
medium speed beat together
the corn oil, sugar, orange rind
and juice until well mixed. Add
eggs one at a time, beating well
after each addition. Gradually
stir in flour mixture until well
blended. Cover and refrigerate
several hours or overnight
On prepared pastry cloth
with prepared stockinet-covered
rolling pin, roll out dough to
1 /2" thickness. Cut into 3
1 /4" rounds. Spoon 1/2 Tbsp.
filling into center of each round.
Form tricorns by bringing up
edges of dough almost to center
and making three seams. Some
filling should show in center.
Press seams together. Place on
ungreased cookie sheet Bake in
preheated 250-degree oven un-
til lightly browned (12-15 min-
utes).

Fillings:
Canned Solo poppy seed,
apricot or prune — use three
cans filling, add about 1 tsp.
lemon juice and a few table-
spoons apricot jam to taste.
Finely chopped almonds and
raisins also can be added.

Poppy Seed Filling
1 cup black poppy seeds
I cup milk or water
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
2 Tbsp. honey
I /2 cup chopped almonds
grated rind of half a lemon
1 Tbsp. chopped citron
I /2 cup seedless raisins
I /4 cup sugar
I tart apple, grated
Boil together all ingredients
except apple, until thick. If not
sweet enough, add more sugar.
When cool, add apple or 1/4
cup currant or raspberry jelly or
jam.

Prune Filling
In medium saucepan, sim-
mer 1-pound pitted prunes until
very soft (15-20 minutes).
Drain. In electric blender, at
high speed, puree for three min-
utes. Return to saucepan; stir in
1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup or-
ange juice. Cook over low heat,
stirring constantly, until mixture
boils. Cool before using. Makes
about 2 and 1/3 cups.

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Diane Schaefer lives with her husband, Akiva, in Neve Yaakov Mizrach. When not caring for her two

small children, Mrs. Schaefer works with computers at an international company based in Jerusalem.

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ust as winter unleashes its
final fury, putting a
damper on outdoor activi-
ties, children throughout
Israel turn their thoughts to-
ward fun times ahead in the
form of Purim.
Purim is one of the few reli-
gious holidays enthusiastically
observed by religious and secu-
lar children alike.
A day or two before Purim,
parties are held in schools
throughout the country. Cos-
tumes are required dress, and
children often come as ballet
dancers, brides, cowboys, po-
licemen, soldierS or popular TV
characters (recent favorites in-
clude Power Rangers and Ninja
Turtles).
In religious neighborhoods,
costumes include Mordechai,
Queen Esther, Torah scrolls,
brides, mothers and Torah schol-
ars. If the entire family is going
to a Purim party, even babies
might be stuffed into outfits.
Chief among these are animal
costumes, so that toddlers and
infants are decked out as little
lambs, bunnies and kittens.
On Purim itself, costumed
children fill the streets. Many
deliver mishloach manot, small
gifts of food, to family, friends
"7 and relatives. Usually these con-
sist of candy, fruit, miniature
wine bottles and pastries.

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