Recipe: Hamantaschen Dough [edit]

Step 1

Check the eggs for spots.

Step 2

Mix the eggs together with the oil, sugar and vanilla.

Step 3

Sift the flour, salt and baking powder together and add to the egg-sugar mixture.

Step 4

Roll out and cut with round cookie cutter; fill with the filling your choice. Fold into triangles as Hamantaschen shape. Brush the unbaked hamantaschen with egg white and sprinkle with sugar before baking.

Step 5

Note: This is a LARGE recipe and may be halved conveniently. When cutting and rolling out the dough, cover the piece of dough which is not yet being used with a piece of plastic wrap so it does not dry out.