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Chamentashen


¾ cup raw sugar

2 cups matzot flour

2 tsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. salt

1/3 cup butter

1 egg + 2-3 tbl. water, extra flour

Wash your hands and the table. 

2. Grease cookie sheets.Preheat oven to 350 ° F.

3. Mix sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt while you

count to 40.

4. Cut butter into little pieces, mix in with fork or hands.

5. Add egg and water and mix until dough is like a ball.

6. Wash hands and sprinkle flour on the table.



2 cookie sheets

large mixing bowl 

fork

spoon 

2 teaspoons

all fruit spread for filling

7. Take a small piece of dough and form a ball.

Dip the ball in the extra flour.

8. Pound the ball flat, about 1/8 inch thick.

9. Put a teaspoon of filling of the circle.

10. Fold up three edges of the dough circle to form

a triangle like Haman's hat.

11.Put all the hats on the cookie sheet.

12. Bake at 350 ° F. for about 20 minutes.




This recipe was adapted from A First Jewish Holiday Cookbok, 
by Chaya M. Burstein, New York: Bonim Books, 1979.
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02/10/08

¾ cup raw sugar 2 cups matzot flour 2 tsp. baking powder ¼ tsp. salt 1/3 cup butter 1 egg + 2-3 tbl. water, extra flour	Wash your hands and the table. 2. Grease cookie sheets.Preheat oven to 350 ° F. 3. Mix sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt while you count to 40. 4. Cut butter into little pieces, mix in with fork or hands. 5. Add egg and water and mix until dough is like a ball. 6. Wash hands and sprinkle flour on the table.
2 cookie sheets large mixing bowl fork spoon 2 teaspoons all fruit spread for filling	7. Take a small piece of dough and form a ball. Dip the ball in the extra flour. 8. Pound the ball flat, about 1/8 inch thick. 9. Put a teaspoon of filling of the circle. 10. Fold up three edges of the dough circle to form a triangle like Haman's hat. 11.Put all the hats on the cookie sheet. 12. Bake at 350 ° F. for about 20 minutes.