Hamantaschen Cookies

Name: Hamantaschen Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 2½ cups All-purpose flour; ½ cup Powdered sugar; ¼ tsp Salt; 1 Orange zest; 1 cup Unsalted butter; 2 tsp Vanilla extract ((or orange extract)); 1 Egg yolk; 4 tbsp Orange juice; 1 large Egg (large); 12 oz Medjool dates (deseed and roughly chopped); 1/4 cup Orange juice; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; 1 tsp Lemon zest; ¼ cup Nuts chopped; 1 cup Pecan (finely chopped); ¼ cup Brown sugar; 2 tbsp Maple syrup; 1 tbsp Unsalted butter; 1 tsp Vanilla extract; 1 tbsp Cornstarch; 2 tbsp Water; ½ tsp Ground Cinnamon; 2 large Apples (any variety); ¼ cup Sugar; ½ tsp Ground cinnamon; 1 cup Halva (any variety, chopped ); 2 tbsp Heavy cream (Hot); 2 tsbp Powdered sugar; ½ cup Pistachio paste (unsweetened ); ¼ cup Heavy cream

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:10min

A Purim party is incomplete without Purim cookies also called Hamantaschen or Oznei Haman. These dates Purim cookies are filled with naturally sweet dates and pecans folded in a shortbread cookie dough to get a traditional triangle shape before being baked until they are lightly golden on the edges.

Updated at: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:16:16 GMT