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With the Jewish holiday of Purim falling on Monday night, I'm wondering if anyone knows of local bakeries that sell really good hamentaschen -- those delicious three-cornered butter cookies with fruit or poppyseed filling that remind us of the hat of bad-guy Haman in the story of how beautiful Queen Esther risked her life to save her people.
Or, if you get your hamentaschen from a synagogue -- which one? Or do you make your own? If you make your own, please share a recipe. I misplace mine every year!
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Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park has a character in historic costume named "Mrs. Blum" who keeps a kosher, Victorian period, Jewish household. She celebrates all Jewish holidays in her lovely home. Mrs. Blum will celebrate and share the traditions of Purim at the Village this Tuesday. I stopped by to see if she might be willing to share her recipe for hamantaschen. She was thrilled and immediately relayed it to me. She also said she will be preparing hamantaschen and baking it in her wood-burning, cast iron stove this Tuesday. I am posting Mrs. Blum's recipe since someone living in the early 1900s doesn't understand computers, much less a blog. So...here is Mrs. Blum's recipe...Enjoy!
MRS. BLUM'S HAMANTASCHEN
1 8 oz. Cream Cheese (room temperature)
1 cup Butter (room temperature)
2 cups Flour
1/4 cup Powdered Sugar
Jelly or Jam or Apple Butter (Prune and poppy seed are more familiar filling, but Mrs. Blum prefers fruit.)
1. Cream the butter and cream cheese together.
2. Mix flour and powdered sugar together.
3. Add flour mixture to butter/cream cheese.
4. (At this point, it is easier to work with the dough if we abandon 1901.) So...Cover bowl and chill for about an hour.
5. Place chilled dough onto a lightly floured surface. Roll out until it is very thin (about 1/8 inch).
6. Cut into circles (a 3 inch round cookie cutter or a drinking glass work well for this.)
7. Fill circles with jam (jelly or apple butter). Just a pinch will do the trick.
8. Okay, the folding is the tough part. Create a triangle by bringing the sides together in a "Y" shape. Then tightly pinch the sides together.
9. Bake on 375 until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
Pam, that sounds so delicious! Thank you for sharing. I'm going to have to bring my kids out meet Mrs. Blum.What time will she be there Tuesday and how much does it cost? Does the cost include hamentaschen?
Otherwise, Deli-News at Preston and Campbell.
Natalie's restaurant (Kosher-meat and Pareve also) in far north dallas Hillcrest and Campbell road makes the MOST delicious Hamentashen.
Enjoy!