# Classic Hamentaschen

An easy recipe for Hamentaschen, a classic Jewish cookie, featuring a dough that requires no refrigeration and can be filled with various options like apricot, raspberry, chocolate, or cheesecake.

- Total time: 10 min
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 eggs
- 0.5 cup neutral oil
- 0.5 cup sugar
- 0.5 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 0.5 tsp baking powder
- 0.25 tsp kosher salt
- apricot filling

## Instructions

1. Whisk together the eggs, neutral oil, sugar, and vanilla extract in a bowl.
2. Add all-purpose flour, baking powder, and kosher salt to the wet ingredients and mix until a beautiful dough forms.
3. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured, clean work surface to about a quarter-inch thick.
4. Use a 3-inch cookie cutter or the top of a glass to cut out circles from the dough.
5. Reroll any leftover dough to make more hamentaschen.
6. Place one teaspoon of your chosen filling (e.g., apricot, raspberry) in the center of each dough circle.
7. Pinch the edges of each circle to form a triangle, ensuring they are well-sealed.
8. Transfer the formed hamentaschen to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
9. Re-pinch all the triangles to ensure they are sealed before baking.
10. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 to 12 minutes.
11. Transfer the baked cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

## Equipment

- whisk
- bowl
- work surface
- 3-inch cookie cutter
- parchment paper
- baking sheet
- wire rack

## Tips

- The dough needs zero refrigeration time.
- Do not overfill the hamentaschen; use at most one teaspoon of filling per cookie to prevent them from opening during baking.
- Pinch the edges of the triangles firmly to ensure they do not open while baking.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-02-10

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