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PAREVE HAMANTASHEN

4 1/2 cups flour

Food

tions, wrap each portion in plastic
wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350F. Roll one
portion of the dough on a lightly
floured pastry board to about 1/6
inch. Cut the dough into several cir-
cles with a 3-inch round cookie cutter.
Place about a teaspoon of your
favorite filling in the center of the
round and pinch the dough together
to form a hamantashen shape (pinch
it well or the hamantashen will open
during baking). The center filling will
be exposed.
Repeat with remaining dough and
dough scraps. Bake on a parchment-

1/4 t. baking soda
1 T. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3 large eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup orange juice
grated peel or zest from 1 orange
Combine flour, baking soda, bak-
ing powder and salt in a bowl and set
aside.
Beat eggs in a large mixing bowl.
Continue beating while adding the
sugar slowly. Add the oil, juice and
grated peel. Add the dry
ingredients to the egg mix-
ture and beat until mixed.
The dough will be sticky.
Remove the dough from the
mixer, divide it into three
portions, wrap each portion
in plastic wrap and chill for
1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Roll one portion of the
dough on a lightly floured
pastry board to about 1/6
inch. Cut the dough into
several circles with a 3-inch
round cookie cutter. Place
about a teaspoon of your
favorite filling in the center
of the round and pinch the
dough together to form a
hamantashen shape (pinch
it well or the hamantashen
will open during baking).
Hamantashen with traditional "mohn" filling.
The center filling will be
exposed.
lined or lightly greased cookie sheet
Repeat with remaining dough and
until the cookies are golden, about
dough scraps. Bake on a parchment-
.15-20 minutes. Makes 3 to 4 dozen
lined or lightly greased cookie sheet
hamantashen.
until the cookies are golden, about
15-20 minutes. Makes 3 to 4 dozen
CHOCOLATE HAMANTASHEN
hamantashen.
Choose your favorite filling for these
super dark delights, or fill them with
DAIRY HAMANTASHEN
Nutella (chocolate hazelnut spread) or
4 cups flour
fruit preserves.
1/2 tsp. salt
3 1/2 cups flour
1 T. baking powder
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup cocoa
1/4 t. baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 T. baking powder
3 large eggs
1 t. vanilla extract
1/2 t. salt
1/4 cup milk
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
Combine the flour, salt and baking
1/2 cup vegetable oil
powder in a bowl and set aside.
1/2 cup orange juice
Cream together the butter and the
Combine flour, baking soda, bak-
sugar in another bowl. Add the eggs,
ing powder and salt in a bowl and set
vanilla and the milk and beat until
smooth. Add the flour and beat until
aside.
Beat eggs in a large mixing bowl.
a soft dough is formed. The dough
will be sticky. Remove the dough from
Continue beating while adding the
sugar slowly. Add the oil and juice.
the mixer, divide it into three por-

