Uncle David's Hamentashen
A traditional Purim cookie recipe from Uncle David, with a humorous touch. The dough is made with eggs, flour, oil, sugar, baking powder, and orange juice, then filled with prune butter, jam, or jelly.
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The Original
Processed by Claude
Ingredients
- ●3 eggs
- ●2½ cups (600ml) flour
- ●¼ cup (60ml) oil
- ●¼ cup (60ml) + 2 tsp sugar
- ●1½ tsp (8ml) baking powder
- ●2 tbs (30ml) orange juice (or some other juice — you may need more juice or more flour — adjust until ready to roll)
- ●Prune butter, jam, or jelly for filling
Instructions
- 1
Mix ingredients in a bowl.
- 2
Roll until your arms hurt, and punch with a glass round shapes.
- 3
Put prune butter, or jam or jelly in the middle.
- 4
Pinch the corners together with your fingers or a plyers, if you need help.
- 5
To insure that the corners seal, put a drop of H₂O on each corner before baking, or weld them closed with an acetylene torch.
- 6
Bake until done in an oven.
- 7
Eat and gain weight.