A peek Into My Kitchen: A Whole Lotta Challah

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I have always wanted to get into making bread. Something about the whole process from the first bubble volcano of yeast, to the mush and squoosh of the dough to the final mouth-watering smell that fills the whole apartment just makes me want to take it on.

And, of course, from my viewpoint as a New York Jew, challah is basically the be all and end all when it comes to bread.  After trying out a whole bunch of recipes that didn't quite hit the mark, I finally found a recipe that I will actually incorporate into my repertoire on Hadassah Sabo Milner's blog In the Pink which came to her from fellow blogger Suzannah (Shoshana) Raff .

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A peek Into My Kitchen: Hamentaschen (Filled Triangle Cookies for Purim)

It's white out conditions outside even though it's almost March and my son has a snow day from preschool. Argh.

Luckily, Purim is this weekend so we have a perfect indoor activity on this pre-Purim Friday–baking Hamentaschen!

I posted this recipe a year ago, but here it is again–an oldie but goodie.

You can find recipes for prune and apricot filling on my older post 🙂 If you want to use prepared jam, use preserves–otherwise your filling will leak out of your cookies and make a mess!

Happy baking!


Gloria Kobrin's (aka Mommy) Hamantaschen

makes about 36 smallish cookies

Ingredients:

3 c flour

1/2 c sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

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