Cherry Filling
Ingredients
| 4 | pounds | Cherries | frozen |
| 150 | gram | Water | |
| 40 | gram | Lemon Juice | |
| 200 | gram | Sugar | plus more to taste |
| 45 | gram | Corn Starch | sieved to prevent lumps |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | Almond Extract | |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | Vanilla Extract |
Instructions
Mix the water, lemon juice, corn starch, and sugar in a 5 qt. pot until corn starch is dissolved (don't worry about the sugar).
Add cherries and bring to a boil over medium heat stirring frequently. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, still stirring frequently.
Remove from heat and stir in the extracts.
 Warren said, over 6 years ago |
Warren said, almost 7 years ago Cherry Filling Original recipe called for 60 grams corn starch but when cooled, cherries were almost jello like. I reduced the amount in the current recipe |
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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.
For Purim, 2019, cherries made their maiden voyage. I stuck to the adjusted 45 grams of corn starch which seemed perfect. This really turned out well, maybe my favorite, even over the poppy seed. Only think is this makes a LOT of filling. I had about 3 pints left over. It works well as a jelly/preserve on toast :)