How Much Should a Hamantaschen Weigh?
ed, do yourself a favor and try the cinnamon apricot hamentaschen at garden of eden. the ones we bought at their brooklyn heights store were the best i've ever had. light, airy, delicious.
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How Much Should a Hamantaschen Weigh?
I happen to like the yeast hamentashen filled with leqvar (prune butter). The ones at Ostrovitzky's Bakery on Ave J in Midwood are great!
How Much Should a Hamantaschen Weigh?
The mini poppy hamantaschen at Moishe's Bake Shop (the one on 2nd ave bet. 6th and 7th) are really great. Very traditional approach, but done well.
How Much Should a Hamantaschen Weigh?
Years ago my mom used to make the soft pastry-dough version. All I see these days are the sugar-cookie variety. (I guess the former aren't mass produced for freshness reasons??). But alas, just like bagels the poor hamantasch has been "improved upon" so much that they have veered from the traditional.
How Much Should a Hamantaschen Weigh?
You're right, hatless; the singular is hamantasch.
How Much Should a Hamantaschen Weigh?
You're right, hatless; the singular is hamantasch.
How Much Should a Hamantaschen Weigh?
Issac's hamantaschen are made with a light, buttery pastry dough.
i think that's the trick to moist yummy hamentashen that have just the tiniest bit of crunch: buttery pastry dough. hamentashen usually bake longer than a traditional cookie, and all the butter in the dough helps keep it moist, instead of drying out and getting heavy like cookie dough can.
and if the filling looks at all florescent? don't eat it!
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