Hamantaschen Cookie
Make colorful triangle shaped hamantaschen cookies at home with my tender, orange-flavored dough and your favorite jams and poppy seed filling
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 17 min
- Yield
- 36 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 eggs ((room temperature))
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup oil
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 12 oz Apricot jam (OR)
- 12 oz Strawberry jam (OR)
- 12 oz Nutella chocolate spread (OR)
- 12 oz Poppy Seed filling
Instructions
- 1
In a large bowl or stand mixer whisk eggs and sugar until blended. Add oil and whisk for a minute, it should thicken. Whisk in water, vanilla and orange zest.
- 2
Add baking powder, salt and 2 cups of flour, mixing with spoon or spatula until the dough starts to come together. Stir in remaining 3 cups flour and mix until dough forms and there is no dry flour. Cover and refrigerate for an 30 minutes.
- 3
Preheat oven to 350°F.
- 4
Roll out dough to a 1/4-inch thickness, and using a cup or 3-inch round cookie cutter, cut out circles. Gather dough scraps and roll them out again and repeat cutting circles for about 3 dozen.
- 5
Place a teaspoon of filling in the center of each circle. Bring up the 3 corners and pinch dough firmly together to form a triangle, allowing filling to be exposed. Place on cookie sheet. (See Note 1)
- 6
Bake for 15-17 minutes and bottom is golden. Let cool on wire rack.