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Hamantashen

Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 32

Ingredients

  • 3 Cups AP Flour (360 g/12 oz)
  • 1 TBS Baking Powder
  • 1/2 Cup Sugar (100 g/ 3.5 oz)
  • 2 Large Egg yolks
  • 2 sticks Unsalted butter (225 g/ 8 oz)
  • 4 TBS Sour Cream
  • 1/2 Cup Your choce of filling.

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.

  2. Place all the ingredients in a large bowl. Using your hands mix it all to form a moist dough. This may take a while and you may feel like there is not enough liquid, keep on kneading and the dough will form.

  3. Divide the dough into 2 or 3 parts.

  4. Flour the surface of your workplace and roll the first part into 1/4" thick.

  5. Using a 2 1/2" circle cookie cutter, cut the rolled dough into circles and fill each in the center with 1/4-1/2 teaspoon filling.

  6. Dip your finger or a small brush into water/egg white and apply around the edges of each cookie.

  7. Carefully fold the sides to form a triangle and pinch it at the point where the sides meet towards the center to enclose the filling.

  8. Place cookies on a baking sheet and refrigerate for no less than an hour or freeze for 30 minutes.

  9. Bake cookies for 12-15 minutes or until golden. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheets for about 5-10 minutes, transfer to a cooling rack.

  10. When cooled sprinkle powdered sugar on top.