Cocoa Halva Sesame Hamantashen
Every year since I did 10 Days of Hamantashen in 2020, I keep telling myself some version of, “I don’t need to make a bunch of flavors this year”, or “Remember how stressful that was last year?”, or the ever-favorite “Stop creating more work for myself.” But then the “Wellll, it doesn’t take that long […]
Irish Cream Brownie Hamantashen
Every year after the holidays, I think things are going to quiet down on the baking front… but then there are fresh, bright, citrusy delights to make in January… then luxurious, chocolaty things in February… and surely in March I can take a breather, right?? Of course not, silly— it’s hamantashen season!! This is one […]
10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 10: Pistachio Nutella Halva Hamantashen
So this is it– the culmination of 10 days and LOTS and LOTS of hamantashen. I didn’t think I’d get to this point, but… (spoken in a hushed tone) I might actually be hamantashen-ed out! I’m so glad I saved these Pistachio Nutella Halva Hamantashen for last– I’m kind of in love with them. They […]
10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 8: Peanut Butter Pretzel Chocolate Hamantashen
You know what’s been missing from “10 Days of Hamantashen”? If you were thinking, “Yeah, these flavors are decent, but what I’m really craving is something sweet and salty…”, then we’re on the same page. Which is why I thought Peanut Butter Pretzel Chocolate Hamantashen should be included in this collection. Like the Ugly-Delicious S’mores […]
10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 7: Confetti Cheesecake Hamantashen
Is there ever an age when one no longer gets excited about candy sprinkles? Because if there is, I never want to be that age. Sprinkles still bring me so much joy, and I love using them playfully in all kinds of baked goods. I went through a phase a few years ago where I […]
10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 6: Double Chocolate Coconut Macaroon Hamantashen
I’ve been on something of a coconut bender lately, so I knew I’d have to do a hamantashen flavor this week that would involve coconut! I debated adding finely shredded unsweetened coconut or coconut extract to the dough and using a chocolate filling, but then I thought, what if I flip it– how could I […]
10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 5: Mexican Chocolate Hamantashen
This hamantashen flavor is brought to you by the letters ‘S’ and ‘D’, as in ‘San Diego’. Last winter when I returned from living in Israel sooner than expected, I was lucky to be able to crash in San Diego for a few months with my good friends. I honestly don’t know what I would […]
10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 3: Ugly-Delicious S’mores Hamantashen
Italians have a cookie called brutti ma buoni, which means ‘ugly but good’. They are meringues with nuts or chocolate chips folded into them, and they have nothing whatsoever to do with Purim, hamantashen, or Judaism in any way; the only thing they have in common with these Ugly-Delicious S’mores Hamantashen is just that– they […]
10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 2: Cinnamon Dulce de Leche
I used to think March was such a blah month. Aside from St. Patrick’s Day, there just wasn’t much going on, and it’s such a very, extremely, annoyingly long month in my spring semester on the school calendar, not to mention we lose an hour of sleep. But when I started making hamantashen a few […]
10 Days of Hamantashen, Day 1: Oreo Hamantashen
This is momentous. I’ve been planning 10 Days of Hamantashen for a couple of years, and I’m over the moon at finally finishing to write up that many dough and filling variations! If I have to pick a single Jewish cookie as my favorite, I would probably have to choose hamantashen. Thanks to Uri Scheft’s […]
