Category: Dessert Dishes

This year my new Hamantaschen recipe is one with a Poppyseed filling using a Poppyseed cookie dough!

Two recipes combine to make this delish cookie!

I adapted the Bon Appetit recipe for the filling and a Poppyseed Cookie recipe that I found online!

This recipe made 41 cookies using a 3 inch glass to cut the circles. The amount you make iwll depend on how thick you roll the dough & the size of the circles.

Make the filling before you start making the dough as it has to cool completely to use it. It can be made the day before, cover & store in the refrigerator.

Here is the filling recipe *The only changes i make is using. water instead of milk and adding more vanilla

Ingredients

1 cup ground poppyseeds (I grind my poppyseeds in a coffee grinder.)

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup of water or milk

1 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp lemon juice

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

Method

1. Put all of the ingredients into a saucepan. Stir well. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat then simmer until the mixture thickens. Stir often. This is finished when you drag a spatula through the filling & it leaves a trail. You want this filling to be thick & not runny. Let cool before using

Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup oil

1/4 cup poppyseeds

1 tsp vanilla

3 cups flour

3 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Method

1. Beat the eggs in a bowl of a mixer or you can do this by hand if you choice to.
2. Add the sugar & mix well
3. the oil & vanilla, get added now, mix until combined
4. Next, add the poppyseeds & mix
5. Put the mixer on low speed & to the bowl add the flour, baking powder & salt. Mix until the dough comes together & scrape down the sides as needed.

Putting this together

On a clean work surface, sprinkle on a bit of flour. Take 1/4 of the dough & roll until it is 1/4 inch thick. Using a round cookie cutter or glass, make circles inthe dough. Pull the bits of dough that are not in the circles away and put back into the bowl. Now, you are going to put the poppyseed filling into each circle. The amount you use depends on the size of the circle. I use a 3 inch glass so i use a heaping teaspoon of filling

To form the triangle, pick up the circle with the filling on it & place it in the palm of your hand. Fold one side up to the middle & pinch the two sides, then put this on the work surface and form it into a triangle.

Here is a video to show you how to form them from another post. The recipe for this is Chocolate & Halva Hamantaschen, which are delish.

Bake the Poppyseed Hamantaschen on a lined baking sheet for approx 15 minutes until lightly browned & the dough is cooked. The time will depend on size & thickness.