Oh today we'll merry merry be...

and nosh some hamentaschen!

In anticipation of Purim, which is in 2 weeks (yippeee!), we made cute shalach manot baskets at tot shabbat last week. The boys were very anxious to fill them and start giving them out.

I used the following recipe from In The Jewish Tradition, which is a beautiful book my mother bought me a few years ago.

You MUST refrigerate the dough overnight - preferably longer!

3/4 c unsalted parve margarine (I just use butter - rather not use trans fats - so mine are not parve)
1 c sugar
1 egg
1/4 c OJ
1.5 t vanilla
3 c flour
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt

(easy to double recipe since it's 3 sticks of butter that way)


cream butter & sugar
mix in egg, vanilla, & OJ

mix in flour, baking soda & salt

blend well

refrigerate overnight (at least!)

roll out on floured surface. using the rim of a glass make circles. put a teeny amount of filling in the centers (we always just use jelly. I make preserves so I always have a bunch in the pantry). fold up into triangles (pinch corners together well or fold over a little to really close them tight. leave them just open enough so people can see what flavor they got.


bake at 350 for about 15 minutes or so - till golden brown

Enjoy - they came out wonderful!