Hamantaschen
760
Warren PrinceIngredients
Dough
| 170 | gram | Butter | softened | |
| 133 | gram | Sugar | ||
| 1 | each | Egg | ||
| 4 | gram | Vanilla Extract | ||
| 344 | grams | Flour, All Purpose | ||
| 1 1/2 | gram | Salt, Morton Kosher |
Instructions
Cream the Butter and sugar, scraping down sides as necessary.
Add egg to running mixer. Scrape down sides as needed. Beat until smooth. Add vanilla.
Sift the flour and salt together. Add to creamed butter a portion at a time.
Mix until a smooth ball forms.
Flatten dough to about 1 inch thick. Wrap in parchment paper and chill for about 1 hour. Chilling makes the dough easier to work with.
Roll out dough, between 2 pieces of parchment to about 1/4 inch thick.
Cut into 3 inch circles. Fill with about 2 tsp. of filling. Crimp 3 corners to make traditional hamantaschen shape (like a triangle). Place on parchment lined cookie sheet spacing about 2 inches apart to allow for spread.
Chill shaped, filled cookie in refrigerator for about an hour or until well chilled. This is to limit the "melt" of the cookie part when put into the oven.
Preheat oven to 375. Temperature is a little higher to set the crust before the cookie melts and loses shape.
Verify that your corner crimps are good and bake until golden. Times will vary with ovens and temperature. Check after 10 minutes.
Bake until golden on bottom and corners. Times will vary based on how cold the dough is and oven temperature. Start checking after 10 minutes.
Warren said, over 4 years ago |
Warren said, over 5 years ago Hamantaschen For Purim, I did a 5X and then added a 6th because I had a little raspberry filling left. Also did cherry and poppyseed. I lost count of how many this made, but it was around 9 dozen. Baked them @ 425 F. |
Warren said, almost 6 years ago Hamantaschen Made a triple batch of dough today. It was below freezing outside so I let them sit on the picnic table for about 2 hours. I'd guess they were frozen. Turned the oven up to 400 and left the convection fan on for about 4 minutes. Between those 3 changes, they held their shape much better. I'd think the fan was important to try to "set" the outside of the hamantaschen before the sides started to melt. This method would also let me get more on each baking sheet. The triple batch yielded 40 hamantaschen. I think the dough was a little thicker. |
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