It’s time for our first-ever Hamantaschen-a-thon! Hamantaschen Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup sugar ½ cup oil ½ cup melted margarine, cooled 3 eggs ½ cup orange juice 4 cups flour ½ teaspoon baking powder Popular fillings include: apricot jam, raspberry jam, strawberry jam, and chocolate chips Instructions: In a large bowl, mix sugar, oil and margarine. Then add eggs and orange juice and mix well to combine. Then add remaining dry ingredients, and mix together well. Directions: • Cover the dough and refrigerate it for a few hours (2-3 hours at the minimum) before rolling it. • On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin (or wine bottle) to roll the dough into an even rectangle. • Using a circle cookie cutter or the rim of a glass, cut as many circles out of the dough as possible. Gather the scraps and re-roll them, then cut out more circles. • Then use a teaspoon to put a little bit of filling in the middle before bringing up each side and sealing the hamantaschen. Be careful not to overfill your cookie, as this could cause your hamantaschen to lose its shape while baking. • Dunk your fingers in a bit of water before pinching the dough at the hole of the triangle, so that the hamantaschen seal more tightly. • Place onto a greased pan and bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes. Please send photos of your hamantaschen-in-the-making to Rabbi Yael Buechler, Rena Rosen, Rabbi Rachmiel Gurwitz, or Josh Ull and post your photos to the PTO Facebook page!
Chag Purim Sameach - Happy Purim! Happy Hamantaschen-a-thon!