A gut chodesh, everyone! (Yiddish and Hebrew- and it means
enjoy the first days of the new month J)
It’s so nice that Adar is here again (Adar is the Jewish
month that symbolizes joy and happiness in the Jewish nation).
This is a very apropos time to discuss the recipe of
hamentashen! Yay! Hamentashen is the triangular, jelly-filled cookie that is
eaten during this time to remember the wicked antagonist, Hamen, in the Purim
tale!
Don’t these Hamentashen make you happy? Don’t you hear them whispering,
Purim is on its way….
Now, the recipe below is not just a simple Hamentashen
recipe. It’s really an awesome cookie dough recipe that could be used for
various uses, aside from hamentashen, but also including hamentashen. This
dough could be used for fun cookie-cutter cookies with sprinkles and chocolate
chips; it could be used for a cherry pie; or it could be used for hamentashen!
Understood? My mother gave me the recipe, and she received it from our very
dear neighbors, the Shurins.
The dough tastes delicious, both baked and raw! It is a bit
sticky, though, so make sure to work on a floured surface, and constantly add
flour to your hands and the rolling pin. Don’t knead more flour into the dough;
this will affect the consistency and texture of your cookie.
