Whole Grain Spelt Flour Hamantaschen
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Recipe type: Baked Good
Cuisine: Jewish
 
Ingredients
  • For the dough:
  • 1.5 Cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  • 4 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 medium egg
  • ⅓ cup oil
  • 4 tablespoons milk
  • lemon zest of ½ a lemon
  • For the filling:
  • 125 gr (3/4 cup)of pistachios
  • ¼ cup ground almonds
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1 tsp sunflower oil
Instructions
  1. To make the dough, Sift the flour into a bowl .
  2. Add in the baking powder and sugar and mix .
  3. In a separate bowl mix the egg , milk , oil and lemon zest .
  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and knead until the dough is smooth.
  5. Form a ball, and refrigerate for an hour .
  6. For the filling
  7. Place the pistachios on a paper lined pan, toast them for 10 minutes at 180°C then let them cool down.In a small saucepan combine the water and the sugar and heat over medium heat .
  8. Add the chilled pistachios and reduce the heat .
  9. Stir the mixture until the pistachio are crystallize with a thin layer of white sugar.
  10. Remove from heat, and let the pistachios cool on parchment paper.
  11. Place the pistachios, the grounded almonds, water and sunflower oil in a food processor.
  12. Mix for about 2 minutes until you obtain a coarse mixture.
  13. Assembling the Hamantaschen.
  14. Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
  15. Take the dough out of the fridge, and place on a floured surface.
  16. With a rolling pin flatten the dough to a thin layer of about 5-10 mm.
  17. Using a cookie cutter, cut out 8 cm circles.
  18. Fill each circle with ½ teaspoon of filling.
  19. Fold the dough into a triangle shape and pinch the corners and edges firmly together.
  20. Bake hamantaschen till golden brown, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. When cooled, place on two baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
Recipe by Neta Cooks at https://netacooks.com/whole-grain-spelt-flour-hamantaschen/