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The secret to this recipe is in the jam- and I mean the jam in the dough. Yup, there’s jam in the dough- just a tablespoon, but it makes all the difference-you get soft, melt in your mouth dough. And what about the filling? This is where I go for the easiest solution and use store-bought spreads, and there is no shortage of good quality spreads today such as Nutella, dolce de leche, date spread, peanut butter, good old regular jam and many more. You choose!
One tip before you start rolling out the dough- using a cookie-cutter- cut out many circles out of the dough-the best hamantachens are the ones whose dough is really thin, but not too thin, and the filling is generous, but not too much (as in life, proportions are key). Stick to the recipe and you won’t be sorry!
Ingredients for 25 humantachens:
For the dough:
2¼ cups all purpose flour
1¾ sticks (7 oz.) butter, softened
½ cup (3.5 oz.) powdered sugar
1 egg
1 spoon jelly (strawberry, blueberry, cherry,etc.)
For the filling:
⅔ cup jam (or Nutella, date spread, carob spread, etc.)
For decoration:
Powdered sugar
Preparation:
Playing Around:
Replace two tablespoons of flour with two tablespoons of cocoa powder and you’ll get chocolate humantachens.
Add a half a teaspoon of cinnamon to the dough.
Add the zest of a half an orange to the dough.
Styling: Dalit Russo
Beautiful little hats! I love the jam in the dough tip, but is that a typo in the recipe where it calls for a cup?
you are absolutly right! it was a typo, the right amount is one spoon.
sorry for that!
Just made these today and they’re wonderful! Delicious and buttery and stayed together in the oven (aside from a rebellious one or two). Great recipe.