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The Best Ever Hamantashen Cookie Recipe

September 25, 2014 by Tiffany 10 Comments

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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.

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 😉

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.

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.

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.

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Hamantashen Cookies
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
50 mins
 

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.

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
  1. Boil sugar and water in a pot. Add the prunes and simmer until the mixture thickens up. About 30 minutes.

  2. Let the jam cool and wait until the next day to set up 

For Cookies
  1. Preheat Oven to 350 Degrees Fahrenheit 

  2. Dump all the ingredients in the Mixer and blend until a dough is created

  3. On a floured surface using a rolling pin, roll the dough until it's 1/4 inch flat.

  4. Using a 2" round cookie cutter or a glass cut circles and place them on a cookie sheet lined with Parchment paper

Assembly:
  1. Place a small amount of Jam in the center of the cookie (about 1 teaspoon)

  2. Top with the chopped Walnuts

  3. 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.

  4. Using a Pastry Brush, paint the hamantaschen including the sides

  5. Place in the oven until Golden Brown (about 20 minutes)

  6. When the cookies are ready remove from oven and let them cool On a baking rack

Recipe 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

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.

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Filed Under: Cookies, Desserts, Holidays, Jewish, Recipes Tagged With: #MIAMI, #Purim, cookie recipe, Hamantaschen Recipe, jewish recipes, miami recipe, purim recipes

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  1. Lorna Patrick says

    September 25, 2014 at 4:32 pm

    I have never heard of these but they look amazing!!!

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      September 25, 2014 at 4:38 pm

      They are Lorna! 🙂

      Reply
  2. krystel says

    September 25, 2014 at 11:20 pm

    never heard of this recipe but looks delicious and reative

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      September 26, 2014 at 4:29 pm

      Thanks Krystel they are delicious!

      Reply
  3. Marissa says

    September 26, 2014 at 3:55 am

    Love the shape of the cookies! So cute & creative!

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      September 26, 2014 at 4:29 pm

      Thanks Marissa! they are supposed to be shaped like a bad man’s ears (according to legend) lol

      Reply
  4. Maria Sarmento says

    September 26, 2014 at 2:43 pm

    They look great! Ideal for this weekend 😉

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      September 26, 2014 at 4:27 pm

      Thanks! to you as well Maria!

      Reply
  5. Lacey J Kriskovich says

    December 18, 2016 at 12:49 am

    Hello, these look great and I would love to make them but I believe that you forgot to put the sour cream in the ingredients…

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      December 19, 2016 at 1:52 pm

      I apologize! it’s a Tablespoon of sour cream

      Reply

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