Grandma Sally's Hamentaschen
cookies
Dough-----
1 1/4 cup melted shortening
1 cup sugar
3 eggs -- beaten
1 grated lemon (whole fruit,
1 not just peel)
4 cup flour (scant), sifted with:
1 teaspoon salt -- and
3 teaspoon baking powder
Filling-----
1 (fills 1/2 of dough recipe)
2 lb partly cooked pitted prunes
5 tablespoon jelly (whatever kind you
1 have on hand)
1 cup raisins
1 orange or 1/2 lemon
1 cup nuts
1 shake of cinnamon
Combine the dough ingredients to form dough. Grind the filling ingredients together with a food grinder.
Roll out the dough and cut circles with a glass. Put a spoonful of filling in the center of each circle, and fold up sides of the dough to form triangular filled cookies. Bake at 400 F until lightly browned.
I haven't actually made this recipe, but I've been enjoying the hamentaschen for years.
For poppyseed filling, I think I'd just use the solo filling from the can. I've made my own hamentaschen using various jams for filling, with some success. Good luck.
Emily Epstein 29 Sep 1994
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Yield: 1 servings