The Best Ever Hamantashen Cookie Recipe

This hamantashen cookie recipe is to die for! Made with homemade Jam and walnuts. Try this for your next holiday and your guest will surely be pleased.

The Best Ever Hamantashen Cookie Recipe

I love this time of year because I get to make my favorite  Hamantashen Cookie Recipe ! My grandma taught me how to make these a few years ago and ever since

I make them for everybody during Purim and any other holiday. They are just SO good. I keep them in a tin box and they last for months, in theory, because everybody eats them in less than 2 days.

They taste amazing because the dough has lemon zest and sour cream. So the flavor is a bit more complex than the usual Hamantashen Recipe. I promise you will love them.

The dough freezes very well so make a double batch save for later! I always make extra so I can have freshly baked cookies on hand when company comes over. Nobody has to know that you didn’t spend all day baking in the kitchen 😉

You can make this Hamantashen Cookie Recipe with a variety of fillings. Heck! You can even make them in different shapes and turn them into different cookies. The possibilities are endless! Maybe you can do a sandwich shape, empanada shape or use a figure cutter to make some cute cookie for kids.

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Hamantashen Cookies

This hamantashen cookie recipe is to die for! Made with homemade Jam and walnuts. Try this for your next holiday and your guest will surely be pleased.

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time50 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Jewish

Servings: 35 cookies

Author: Tiffany Bendayan

Ingredients

For Prune Jam

• 16 oz prunes
• 8.75 oz sugar
• 8.5 fl oz water

For Cookies

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter softened
• 10.5 oz all purpose flour
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 1.75 oz sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla powder you may use vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sour cream or greek yogurt

For the filling

• 1 1/2 cups prune jam
• 1/2 cup walnuts chopped and toasted

For the egg wash

• 3 egg yolks lightly beaten
• pinch flour
• pinch salt

Instructions

For Prune Jam

• Boil sugar and water in a pot. Add the prunes and simmer until the mixture thickens up. About 30 minutes.
• Let the jam cool and wait until the next day to set up 

For Cookies

• Preheat Oven to 350 Degrees Fahrenheit 
• Dump all the ingredients in the Mixer and blend until a dough is created
• On a floured surface using a rolling pin, roll the dough until it's 1/4 inch flat.
• Using a 2" round cookie cutter or a glass cut circles and place them on a cookie sheet lined with Parchment paper

Assembly:

• Place a small amount of Jam in the center of the cookie (about 1 teaspoon)
• Top with the chopped Walnuts
• Grab the sides of the top part of the circle and pinch them towards the center. Then choose the lower part and pinch them towards the top part creating a nice triangle.
• Using a Pastry Brush, paint the hamantaschen including the sides
• Place in the oven until Golden Brown (about 20 minutes)
• When the cookies are ready remove from oven and let them cool On a baking rack

Notes

 You can use any filling you want. I made a few with Nutella and Toasted Hazelnut. You can also add store bought Jelly or chocolate chips.  If you decide on making the Jam at home it is much better to make it the day before so it has a chance to set up properly

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