Your New Favorite Hamantashen

I make these only one time each year, because cookie cutting, filling, and shaping simply is too time-consuming to do very often.  But these cookies are definitely worth the effort.  They will be your new favorite hamantashen, for sure. This dough isn’t overly sweet and does not require chilling or refrigeration.  Just roll it out, cut out the circles, fill, shape and bake.  And then hide some for later, because they will be eaten way faster than you anticipated.

Dough:

½ c oil

½ c sugar

1 egg

2 Tbsp water

½ tsp vanilla

2 c flour

Filling options include premade poppyseed, jelly, chocolate spread, etc.

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375° F.  In a mixing bowl, cream together the oil, sugar, egg, water, and vanilla.  Add in the flour and mix well to make the cookie dough.  On a clean surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of approximately ¼ inch.  Cut out circles.  Place a tsp of filling in the center of the circle and pinch the dough up into a triangle shape.  Repeat until you use up all of the dough.  Place the hamantaschen on prepared sheet pans and bake until golden along the edges.  Cool and enjoy!

Hamantashen