I'm not Jewish but I love Hamantaschen. Maybe it's because my mom used to work at a Jewish bakery that I love them so much. Whenever I would visit her at work, she would always let me have a Hamantasch to try. I especially love the ones filled with apricot preserve, but the ones filled with prune lekvar or poppy seeds are more traditional. At the time I didn't know the meaning behind the
Hamantaschen531
As some of you may know, Purim begins tonight at sundown. Purim is a Jewish holiday that's like Halloween because people dress up in costumes! Hamantaschen, which are traditional Purim pastries, are triangular cookies with jam on the inside. They're[...]
PB & J Hamantaschen531
Perhaps you've seen pictures of small, triangular shaped cookies filled with ooey gooey goodness floating around the food blogs in the past week or so and wondered... what's the fuss over these funny little things? The festive celebration of[...]
Never too late for Hamantaschen531
...and as a matter of fact, I could just about eat them all year long. This is the recipe I have been using for the last few years and it never failed me. It's easy to make, easy to work with and best of all, you can accidentally over stuff your[...]
Bakery-Style Hamantaschen531
Ok, yes - it's too early for Purim. Heck, to be honest, my family is not even one to celebrate that particular Jewish holiday. Perhaps if I had known about the Hamantaschen, though, that would have been different...
These were[...]