You might not have heard of hamantaschen (pronounced hah-mentash-in) or Purim, the Jewish holiday these shaped filled cookies represent, but this tasty treat might just become your favorite ...

Hamantaschen are cookies shaped like triangles and filled with jam or poppyseeds — or, sometimes, other stuff, like pizza or marzipan sprinkles, depending on your adherence to tradition and your ...

1. In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. 2. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. 3. Divide the dough in half and chill in plastic wrap for half an hour. Preparing ...

Just about every Jewish holiday has its own signature dessert: Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, is ushered in with honey cake; Passover is celebrated with macaroons, Hanukkah has chocolate candy ...

We expect a lot from hamantaschen. These triangular jam-filled cookies are baked by Eastern European Jews to celebrate the Purim holiday, which begins the evening of March 18. In addition to ...

The quintessential Purim treat is hamantaschen. This Yiddish word means “Haman’s pockets”; the name of these triangular filled cookies in Hebrew, oznei Haman, means “Haman’s ears.” They are served as ...

This week, Jewish people across the world will celebrate Purim, a holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the ancient Persian empire. According to the story, Queen Esther ...

This week at Breads Bakery in New York City, one cookie is bound to outsell the rest. "Hamantaschen are the most perfect little cookie," said owner Gadi Peleg. "The most requested item that we get to ...

As much as food writer and recipe developer Emily Paster loves sweet hamantaschen, she enjoys taking a broader view of Purim foods. The perfect example is her savory beef hamantaschen. “They are a bit ...

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Purim, the Jewish holiday that falls on March 14 this year, celebrates the Biblical story of the rescue of Jewish people from annihilation by Haman in Persia. Haman was the royal vizier to the Persian ...