Hamantaschen Recipe

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is dairy-free and lower in saturated fat.

fruit preserves

🥗Healthier: fresh fruit

💰Cheaper: jelly

Fresh fruit adds natural sweetness and reduces sugar content.

Make the dough: in a large bowl or in a food processor, combine flour, powdered sugar, salt and baking powder. Add butter and blend until crumbs are formed.

Add egg yolk, vanilla extract and 1 tablespoon of milk. Blend until dough is formed, if needed add another tablespoon of milk. Do not over blend.

Flatten the dough into a disk form, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 170C (340F).

Take the dough out of the fridge, roll the dough into about 1/4-inch (1/2 cm) thick. Cut into 6-8 cm circles. Fill each circle with date paste and seal as shown on the video. Combine the leftover dough, roll in and repeat the process.

Arrange the cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake for 12-16 minutes, until slightly golden.

Allow to cool, then dust with powdered sugar.

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