Almond-Crust Hamantaschen With Two Fillings

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It is important to rotation the dough arsenic bladed arsenic possible. If the aboveground you're moving connected is floured well, you'll beryllium capable to rotation it to 1/16 inch.

Each of the 2 fillings is capable to marque 1 batch (30 to 35) of hamantaschen. The dough look doubles easily.

Date dispersed is disposable successful kosher markets. Pressed baking dates, almond flour (sometimes called almond powder) and Turkish delight (also known arsenic lokum) are disposable successful Middle Eastern markets; the specialty candy is besides disposable astatine Rodman's. Here, we utilized the rosewater variety, chiefly for its beauteous color.

The dough needs to beryllium refrigerated for 30 minutes. The hamantaschen tin beryllium stored successful an airtight instrumentality astatine country somesthesia for up to 1 week.

From Washington caterer Vered Guttman.

Ingredients

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Servings: 30-35  tiny pastries

For the pastry

  • About 1 cupful (5 ounces) flour, positive much for the enactment surface
  • Generous 1/4 cupful (2 ounces) sugar
  • Generous 1/4 cupful (2 ounces) finely crushed almonds oregon almond flour (see headnote)
  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, chopped into tiny pieces
  • 1 ample egg
  • 1 tablespoonful dense pick oregon milk
  • Confectioners' sugar, for dusting (optional)

For the day and cocoa filling

  • 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
  • 12 ounces day dispersed oregon pressed baking dates (see headnote)
  • 1/2 spoon crushed cardamom

For the Turkish delight filling

  • 8 ounces Turkish delight (sold successful 3/4-inch-thick squares; spot headnote)

Nutritional Facts

Per portion (using day filling and low-fat milk)

  • Calories

    180

  • Fat

    9 g

  • Saturated Fat

    5 g

  • Carbohydrates

    24 g

  • Sodium

    20 mg

  • Cholesterol

    25 mg

  • Protein

    2 g

  • Fiber

    2 g

  • Sugar

    16 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Washington caterer Vered Guttman.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 4, 2012

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Updated March 14, 2026

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