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3/17/11

Hamentashen

For dough:

1 cup Crisco
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
pinch of salt
1/4 cup orange juice
3 1/2 cups flour

Filling:
Canned poppy seed filling
Strawberry jam
Prune butter

Mix all ingredients for dough,except flour. Add flour, one cup at a time.
Blend until well mixed and smooth.
Divide dough into two separate pieces. Smooth. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for one hour.

Take dough out of refrigerator and, on a well-floured surface, roll out until about 1/4 inch. Cut circles from rolled dough.
Fill each cirle with a teaspoon or so of filling. Fold ends of cirlce over filling and pinch to form a triangle.

Bake in a 350 degree oven until edges turn light brown, about 12 to 15 minutes.