Hamentashen

Name: Hamentashen
Ingredients: Pastry; 2 1/4 cups flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 8 teaspoons sugar (1 tbs = 3 tsp); 16 tablespoons room temperature butter (2 sticks); 6 tablespoons ice water; 1 egg yolk; plastic wrap; wax paper; circle cookie cutter; baking sheet; Filling; 18 ounces jam (apricot, seedless raspberry, etc.) or 18 ounces chocolate chips, Reese's s Pieces, etc (apricot, seedless raspberry, etc.)

13 ingredients

1 steps

Ingredients

Pastry
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
8 teaspoons sugar (1 tbs = 3 tsp)
16 tablespoons room temperature butter (2 sticks)
6 tablespoons ice water
1 egg yolk
plastic wrap
wax paper
circle cookie cutter
baking sheet
Filling
18 ounces jam (apricot, seedless raspberry, etc.) or 18 ounces chocolate chips, Reese's s Pieces, etc (apricot, seedless raspberry, etc.)

Directions

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["Preheat the oven to 325\u00b0.", "Pour the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and pulse twice in a food processor or run for 20 seconds on low in a KitchenAid.", "Slice the butter into the dry mixture.", "Mix until the lumps are smaller than a quarter of an inch in diameter (pea-sized).", "Add the egg yolk.", "Gradually sprinkle water over the mixture.", "Mix with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the mixture clumps together.", "Make the dough into a ball, trying to handle it as little as possible.", "Wrap the dough ball in plastic wrap.", "Flatten the dough ball in the plastic wrap until it is approximately 2 inches thick.", "Put the dough ball in the freezer for 10 minutes.", "Remove the dough ball from the freezer and cut it in half.", "Take out two pieces of wax paper approximately 18\" long.""