Date-Walnut Hamantashen
Sweet, Delicious and flavoured with Cardamom!
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- 36 ServingsServings
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup pareve margarine
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2-3 cups sifted unbleached flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup chopped dates
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 - 3 Tbsp sugar
- 1/2 - 3/4 tsp ground cardamom
- 1 Tbsp. Rose water (optional)
Preparation
Preparation
1 Cream the shortening with sugar. Add egg and continue creaming until smooth.
2 Add the vanilla. Stir in the sifted flour, baking powder, and salt until a ball of dough is formed (a food processor is excellent for this).
3 Chill dough for 2-3 hours, or overnight.
4 Prepare filling using chopped dates, walnuts, sugar and optional rose water.
5 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
6 Using 1/4 of the dough (keep rest in refrigerator), roll out on a lightly floured board to a thickness of 1/8 inch.
7 Cut circles of dough with a drinking glass or round cookie-cutter.
8 With your finger put water around the rim of the circle. Fill with 1 teaspoon filling and fold into three-cornered cookies.
9 Bake on a well-greased cookie sheet 10-16 minutes, until the tops are golden.
10 Repeat, using rest of dough and filling.
Special instructions
Sweet, Delicious and flavoured with Cardamom!
Source:
This recipe came from my grandmother. The filling is delicious. Alternate fillings can also be used but this is my favourite.
