This traditional and easy hamentashen recipe always satisfies on Purim.
Buttery Hamentashen Dough
Servings
20 Servings
Ingredients
- 2½ cups sifted unbleached flour
- 2½ teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch salt
- ½ cup softened butter
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Sift flour with baking powder, then combine them in a bowl with the salt.
- In another bowl, combine butter with sugar and mix well. Add eggs, vanilla and lemon zest; mix to combine.
- Pour mixture into center of dry ingredients. Stir until a soft dough is formed.
- Knead a few times on a lightly floured work surface. Roll or pat to 1/4-inch thick.
- Cut into 3-inch circles and fill with between a half teaspoon and a teaspoon of your desired filling. Pinch corners into a triangle.
- Bake on a silicone sheet or parchment for 20 to 25 min or until slightly golden. They should not turn brown.
My hamantaschen tragically failed. In the oven dough unfolded itself, and become very thick, like, finger thick.
Not good recipe! Not enough sugar or butter!! Came out like biscuits! Ugh!!
when do you put in the lemon zest?