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Cookie
Recipes - Hamantaschen Recipe
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Party Cookie Recipes - Hamantaschen Recipe
Ingredients
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1 1/2
cups/375 g vegetable
shortening
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1 cup/200 g granulated sugar
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3 large
eggs
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3 tbsp honey
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2 tbsp lemon juice
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6
tbsp cold water
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1/2 tsp vanilla extract/essence
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4 cups/600 g all purpose/plain flour
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1 lb/500 g dried pitted
prunes, soaked overnight and drained
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1 1/4 cups/125 g coarsely
chopped walnuts
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2 tsp ground
cinnamon
Method:
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Beat the
shortening and 1/2 cup (100 g) sugar in a large bowl
with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy. Add 2 eggs, beating until just blended.
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Stir in
the honey, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, water, and
vanilla. Mix in the flour to form a smooth dough.
Press into a disk, cover with plastic wrap, and
refrigerate for 30 minutes.
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Preheat the oven
to 375°F/190°C/gas 5. Butter three cookie sheets.
Chop the prunes coarsely.
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Mix the prunes,
walnuts, remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1
teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 tablespoon sugar in a small
bowl.
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Roll out the dough on a lightly floured
surface to a thickness of 1/4 inch (5 mm). Use a
3-inch (8-cm) cookie cutter to cut out the cookies.
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Gather the dough scraps, re-roll, and continue
cutting out cookies until all the dough is used. Drop teaspoons of the prune mixture into the center
of the cookies.
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Lift up three sides of each circle
to form a triangular shape, pinching the edges of
the dough together to seal. Beat the remaining egg
and brush over the cookies.
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Mix the remaining sugar
and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle over the
cookies. Use a spatula to transfer the cookies to
the cookie sheets, placing them 2 inches (5 cm)
apart.
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Bake, one sheet at a time, for 12-15
minutes, or until just golden at the edges. Transfer to racks and let cool completely.
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