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Home » Kids » How to Make Hamentashen Cookies for Purim

How to Make Hamentashen Cookies for Purim

03/13/2016 by The Mama Maven

I absolutely love making Hamentashen for Purim. While I only make them once a year, I use the same basic recipe and I just vary the fillings.

How to Make Hamentashen for Purim | The Mama Maven Blog
How to Make Hamentashen Cookies | The Mama Maven Blog

Check out my video on how to make Hamentashen cookies for Purim.
LINK: https://youtu.be/WcYWaaQTTJk

You’ll need: 

4 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 tablespoon salt
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 sticks or 1/2 pound of unsalted butter, cold and firm
2 eggs
Grated rind of 2 oranges
3 tablespoons orange juice

Instructions:

Making Hamentashen | The Mama Maven Blog

Mix together dry ingredients in a mixer
Add butter and keep mixing
Add eggs, orange rind and orange juice.
Finish mixing dough and chill overnight.
The next day, set up the fillings you want to use.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Roll out dough — if dough is too cakey, add a little oil. If the dough is too wet, sprinkle some flour on it.
Put in fillings
Pinch sides up into a triangle shape.
Bake at 400 degrees for 14-15 minutes.

Making Hamentashen | The Mama Maven Blog
Making Hamentashen | The Mama Maven Blog
Making Hamentashen | The Mama Maven Blog
Making Hamentashen | The Mama Maven Blog
Cherry Coconut Hamentashen Cookies | The Mama Maven Blog

How to Make Hamentashen Cookies for Purim

Nancy Johnson Horn, The Mama Maven Blog
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 14 minutes mins
Total Time 44 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Jewish
Servings 12

Equipment

  • Stand Mixer

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 tablespoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 sticks or 1/2 pound of unsalted butter cold and firm
  • 2 eggs
  • Grated rind of 2 oranges
  • 3 tablespoons orange juice
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Instructions
 

  • Mix together dry ingredients in a mixer
  • Add butter and keep mixing 
Add eggs, orange rind and orange juice
  • Finish mixing dough and chill overnight
  • The next day, set up the fillings you want to use
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  • Roll out dough — if dough is too cakey, add a little oil. If the dough is too wet, sprinkle some flour on it.
  • Put in fillings
  • Pinch sides up into a triangle shape
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 14-15 minutes.
Keyword hamentachen, hamentaschen, hamentashen
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How to Make Hamentashen Cookies for Purim | The Mama Maven Blog

S’mores Hamentashen Recipe (click on the pic below)

S’mores Hamtentashen Recipe for Purim | The Mama Maven Blog | #purim #hamentashen #desserts

What’s your favorite type of Hamenstashen? I always reach for the strawberry! Next, I’ll post the best hamentashen types that we made.

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Filed Under: Cooking, Cooking with kids, Desserts, Featured, Food, Holiday Cooking, Jewish Holiday Cooking, Kids, Recipes Tagged With: baking, cookies, cooking, hamentashen, How to, jewish cuisine, Purim

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Comments

  1. Kerri says

    03/17/2016 at 8:35 PM

    These look delish! I used to love going to the Purim carnival at Binghamton.

    Reply
  2. Brianne says

    03/16/2016 at 9:12 AM

    These look delicious!!!

    Reply
  3. Misti says

    03/15/2016 at 10:05 AM

    These look amazing!!

    Reply
  4. Esti says

    03/14/2016 at 9:49 PM

    I am going to make these with my kids this week. I am also going to try to make a gluten-free hamentashen too. Our favorite is chocolate and more chocolate

    Reply
  5. Melissa @ the staten island family says

    03/14/2016 at 8:25 PM

    We are totally going to try this recipe and when I say we I mean my husband?

    Reply
  6. Divina says

    03/14/2016 at 4:00 PM

    These look delicious and I love your stylish helper!

    Reply
  7. Julie Wood says

    03/13/2016 at 7:36 PM

    5 stars
    The Hamentashen cookies look so delicious and yours turned out so good. Thanks for the recipe. I know we would love to make these and try out!

    Reply
    • The Mama Maven says

      03/13/2016 at 8:31 PM

      Would love to see a pic if you make them!

      Reply

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    03/15/2016 at 4:48 PM

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