Hamantaschen for the Jewish holiday of Purim that are customarily sweet. Use raspberry jam, apricot preserves, or a chocolate-hazelnut spread (like Nutella®) in place of the prune filling if you don’t have enough of it.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 33 mins |
| Total Time: | 58 mins |
| Servings: | 50 |
| Yield: | 50 hamantaschen |
Ingredients
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 20 pitted prunes
- water to cover
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cups white sugar
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup shortening
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine honey, lemon juice, and prunes in a small saucepan. Add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until prunes are softened, about 10 minutes. Remove prune filling from heat and let cool.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
- Beat sugar, butter, and shortening together with a wooden spoon until creamy. Add eggs; stir until smooth. Stir in orange juice and vanilla extract. Gently fold in flour mixture, mixing until a dough forms. Divide dough into 3 balls.
- Roll out 1 ball of dough on a floured work surface to 1/4-inch thickness, using a piece of parchment paper under the rolling pin to prevent sticking. Use the rim of a glass to cut dough into circles.
- Place 1/2 teaspoon prune filling in the center of each circle of dough. Pinch edges together to secure filling and form triangular pockets. Transfer cookies to baking sheet. Repeat rolling, cutting, and filling remaining balls of dough.
- Bake cookies in the preheated oven until lightly golden, about 18 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 95 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 14 g |
| Cholesterol | 16 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 65 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Fantastic filling! I used a prune filling with another Hamantaschen recipe!!! This recipe asks for way too much sugar.
I loved it! The one thing that I would change would be that you should kneed the dough only a teenie bit. It will help get the final lumps out. But Nutella?! Can someone say yum?!