Hamantachen

Dough:

  • 3 eggs, well beaten
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup oil
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 4 cups flour
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder

Filling:

  • 6 ounces dried apricots
  • 12 ounces pitted prunes
  • 6 ounces golden raisins
  • 1/2 cup crushed pineapple
  • 1/2 cup pine-cot jam (pineapple-apricot)
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Dough:

Mix the eggs, sugar, oil, and juice. Add the flour and baking powder. Mix well. Wrap in wax paper or foil and refrigerate overnight.

Filling:

Grind the apricots, prunes, and raisins in a grinder, not food processor. Stir in the pineapple, jam, and cinnamon. (If using chunks of pineapple, put them through the grinder).

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Roll out 1/3 of the dough on a floured surface. Cut rounds with a 2 or 3 inch cookie cutter. Place about a teaspoon of filling in the center. If you don’t know how to shape them, you shouldn’t be making them.

Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown.