Purim

A favorite desert for Purim known as Hamantashen

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
• 3 eggs
• Choice of filling (jam, jelly, preserves, chocolate chips, Nutella, nuts). For a prune filling: blend raw prunes in a food processor, adding the juice and rind of one lemon and 1/2 cup of honey for every pound of prunes.

Instructions

1. Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
2. Mix in butter and eggs.
3. Roll out dough and form hamantashen (see photos below).
4. Bake on a greased cookie sheet or on parchment paper for 12-15 minutes at 400 F.