{"id":760,"date":"2010-03-02T22:17:13","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T03:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/?page_id=760"},"modified":"2019-03-21T21:08:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T02:08:41","slug":"hamentashen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/index.php\/recipes-2\/dessert\/hamentashen","title":{"rendered":"Hamentashen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This one is from my grandmother&#8217;s old cookbook (Jewish Cookery, Leah Leonard, 1949) It&#8217;s a little on the imprecise side, but given that the cookbook is sixty years old, that&#8217;s not surprising. I&#8217;ve added notes where I could, and will continue to update it when possible.<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know how it worked and if you made any changes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The hamentashen was tested by a nice reddit user\u00a0who filled them with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Cooking\/comments\/6dg37y\/i_want_to_steal_your_jewish_family_recipes\/di3krnz\/\">peach preserves, and a raspberry jam said they came out beautifull<\/a>y, and if you use Jam, use a little less since it tended to boil over.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4894 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/h93Xaksl.jpg\" alt=\"Baked by https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/curvy_lady_92\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/h93Xaksl.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/h93Xaksl-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dough<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"ingredients\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2\/3<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Butter (shortening in original recipe)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1\/2<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Sugar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Egg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>T<\/td>\n<td>Milk or Water<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1\/2<\/td>\n<td>t<\/td>\n<td>Vanilla<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Sifted Flour &#8211; you might need an extra 1\/2C depending on the weather and the flour.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cream shortening and sugar.<\/li>\n<li>Add egg and continue creaming until smooth<\/li>\n<li>Add liquid and vanilla and sifted flour and stir until it forms a ball.<\/li>\n<li>Chill 2 &#8211; 3 hours or overnight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>When chilled . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F<\/li>\n<li>Roll out on a lightly floured board until 1\/8&#8243; thick<\/li>\n<li>Cut into 2 inch rounds<\/li>\n<li>Place ball of filling the size of a hazelnut in the center of each round<br \/>\n(NB. This is between 15mm and 24mm, or somewhere between the size of a US nickle and a US quarter dollar)<\/li>\n<li>Fold over the edges (three sides) and press with fingers<\/li>\n<li>Place on a cookie sheet and bake until light brown (about 20 minutes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Poppy Seed and Honey Filling<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"ingredients\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Poppy Seeds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Water or Milk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1\/2<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1\/4<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Sugar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1\/8<\/td>\n<td>t<\/td>\n<td>Salt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Eggs (Optional)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>Combine everything except the eggs in a saucepan<\/li>\n<li>Cook over moderate heat until thick, stirring to prevent scorching.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool before adding eggs, beating in thoroughly. If the eggs thin it out to much, return to heat and stir while cooking 1 &#8211; 2 more minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Fills 24 small or 12 large hamentashen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one is from my grandmother&#8217;s old cookbook (Jewish Cookery, Leah Leonard, 1949) It&#8217;s a little on the imprecise side, but given that the cookbook is sixty years old, that&#8217;s not surprising. I&#8217;ve added notes where I could, and will continue to update it when possible. Please let me know how it worked and if &#8230; <a title=\"Hamentashen\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/index.php\/recipes-2\/dessert\/hamentashen\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hamentashen\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":765,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-760","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5672,"href":"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/760\/revisions\/5672"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bupkis.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}