Shemoneh Esrei
Hamantaschen
This recipe for Jewish hamantaschen cookies shaped like a three-cornered hat are representative of Haman's hat (see more about Haman below) and eaten for the holiday of Purim.
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These flaky pastries start with a parve margarine dough (although butter can be used for a dairy meal) and are traditionally filled with apricot prune, and poppy seed filling but, these days, even chocolate and other fruit fillings are popular.
Ingredients
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1 cup sugar
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1 1/3 cups margarine (room-temperature)
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2 large eggs (room-temperature)
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6 tablespoons water
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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4 cups flour (all-purpose)
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Fillings of choice
Steps to Make It
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Gather the ingredients.
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Cream together sugar and margarine.
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Add eggs and cream until smooth. Stir in water and vanilla.
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Add flour, mixing until dough forms a ball.
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Wrap in plastic and refrigerate a few hours.
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Heat oven to 375 F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
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Pinch off walnut-size pieces of dough and roll into a ball. Press ball between two pieces of waxed paper and transfer to the prepared baking sheets spacing about 1 inch apart.
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Place about 1 teaspoon of filling in the center of each circle of dough. Pinch to form a three-cornered hat.
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Bake about 15 minutes or until just starting to brown.
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Using a thin spatula, carefully remove the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Store cookies in a tightly covered container.
Purim Babka
Delicious Jewish
Ingredients:
Dough:
* 2 oz fresh yeast (or 4½ tsp dry yeast)
* ½ cup warm water
* 6½ cup flour
* ½ cup sugar
* 12 oz margarine (3sticks)
* ½ cup warm orange juice
* 4 eggs
* pinch salt
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Filling:
* 2 cup sugar
* ½ cup confectioners sugar
* 1 cup sifted cocoa
* 2 Tbsp coffee granules
* 1 Tbsp vanilla sugar
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Topping:
* 4 oz margarine (1stick)
* ½ cup sugar
* 1½ cup flour
* 1 Tbsp vanilla sugar
To assemble:
* oil for smearing
* 1 egg, beaten for egg wash
Directions:
1. Dough: Dissolve the yeast in the water with a drop of the sugar. After it has completely dissolved, combine with the remaining ingredients in the mixer bowl. Mix well with a dough hook to obtain a smooth dough. Cover and allow to rise for 1 hour.
2. Filling: Mix all ingredients and mix well.
3. Topping: Mix by hand to form crumbs.
4. To assemble: Preheat oven to 350F
5. Grease 3 loaf pan. Divide dough into 3 parts. Work with one section at time.
6. Roll the dough to double the length of the pan (about the size of a cookie sheet) and smear with oil. Smear 1/3 of the chocolate filling over the dough. Roll up jelly roll style and pinch the ends closed. Fold the roll in half and twist 3 times. Transfer to loaf pan.
7. Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle the streusel over the entire roll. Repeat with the remaining two parts of dough.
8. Bake for 1 hour.