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Hamantaschen Cookies Recipe
This Homemade Hamantaschen Cookies recipe is made of a lovely shortbread dough that's shaped into a triangle and filled with your choice of delicious fillings — perfect for your Purim holiday.
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Servings: 36 Cookies
Course:
Dessert
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups (13oz/360g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ cup (3.5oz/100g) granulated sugar
- 1 cup (8oz/225g) unsalted butter (softened)
- 2 large egg yolks (at room temperature)
- ¼ cup (2floz/60ml) full fat sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (8floz/240ml) Nutella, strawberry jam, or poppy seed filling
- 2 large egg whites
- ½ cup (2 ½oz/70g) powdered sugar for dusting the cookies (optional)
Notes
- The cookies should be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 5 days. In the freezer, the cookies can be stored unbaked in a container layered in an even layer with parchment paper separating the layers.
- STORING: The cookies should be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 5 days. In the freezer, the cookies can be stored unbaked in a container layered in an even layer with parchment paper separating the layers.