Please enjoy the first guest post on Bakers & Best, courtesy of my dad!
It’s Purim time – the celebration of Queen Esther and the defeat of the evil Haman. It’s also time for Hamantaschen, the traditional filled cookies. Translated, it means “Haman pockets” but generally they are known for the three corner triangular shape said to resemble Haman’s hat.
Most often, they are filled with a sweet poppyseed filling (you buy it in the can) but you can fill them with just about any sort of preserves and are often seen with raspberry, strawberry, prune, or apricot preserves. If you use the canned poppyseed filling, I recommend adding orange rind. I add a few chocolate chips to each as well. They come in different sizes – some the size of your hand, looking like a turnover. These are smaller, more like cookies with a flatter texture.
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