Purim Hamantaschen
- 1/2 - 1 cup sweet butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons ice water
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- apricot jam or prune jam
- butter (to grease the cookie sheet)
- flour (to roll the dough on)
- Cream the butter and sugar together in the large bowl.
- Add the egg yolks and continue to mix well.
- Add the ice water.
- Gradually stir in flour until a ball of dough is formed.
- Place the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for several hours or overnight.
- When ready to continue, take dough out of refrigerator.
- Turn on the oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease the cookie sheet with the butter.
- Divide the dough in half.
- Wrap the extra half in the plastic and put back in the refrigerator.
- Roll out the dough on a clean, lightly floured surface to a 1/4" thickness.
- Cut it into 2" circles (use the top of a glass to"press out" the circles).
- Place 1 teaspoon of the jam in the center of each circle and fold into three-cornered cookies.
- Start by pressing two sides together, then fold the third side over and press the ends together.
- Place the Hamantaschen about an inch apart on the greased cookie sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until lightly browned along the edges.
- You don't have to limit yourself to jam, I have used chocolate, peanute butter, a combo of peanut butter and chocolate, date spread, etc.
sweet butter, sugar, egg yolks, water, flour, apricot, butter, flour
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/purim-hamantaschen-20270 (may not work)