There’s no better time to get your kids baking hamantaschen than when they’re still kids! Why?
- Such a yummy recipe is sure to motivate kids.
- Baking reinforces skills like reading, following instructions and hand-eye coordination.
- Kids can take pride in their handiwork and practice generosity when sharing hamantaschen with others.
- Hamantaschen is tricky, and low-pressure practice makes perfect!
Tools and materials:
Mixer
Rolling pin or straight-sided wine bottle
Baking sheet
Baking parchment (optional)
Labels (Pictured is the Santa Rosa style in shape 17 with custom images.)
Hang tags (Pictured is the Santa Rosa style in the square shape with a custom image.)
Twine
Kids Make Gifts! Hamantaschen
Author: Evermine
Type: Dessert
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter
- ¾ granulated sugar
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3½ cups flour
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 large eggs
- raspberry jam
Instructions
- Beat together the butter, sugar, salt and vanilla extract.
- Add the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and eggs, and mix until the dough comes together.
- Divide the dough in half, forming each half into a plump disc shape and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375 F.
- Generously flour a flat, clean work surface, place the dough in the center and generously flour the top of the dough as well.
- Roll out the dough using a rolling pin or a wine bottle, until it is ⅛" to ¼" thick.
- Use a 2¼" round cookie cutter to cut out circles of dough placing each circle on a baking sheet.
- Place a teaspoon of raspberry jam in the center of each circle.
- Dip your fingers in a little bit of clean water and run them along the outer portion of one circle, until it is damp all the way around.
- Bend three sides of the circle upward and toward the center, pinching together the corners that are created. Pinch gently, but firmly enough to create a seal.
- Repeat the last two steps for each of the dough circles.
- Bake for 9-12 minutes, until the bottoms and sides of the dough become golden brown.
- Some jam may spill from some of the cookies during baking, but that's ok! Keep and enjoy those for yourself and give the pretty ones as gifts!
To turn your beautiful hamantaschen into gifts:
- Visit evermine.com to pick out a label and hang tag styles, shapes and colors. You can even upload your own photos or designs. Tip: order ahead of time so your labels will be ready when your hamantaschen are fresh.
- Apply a label to an unopened food-grade bag like a cellophane bag or kraft window bag.
- Open the bag and carefully arrange the hamantaschen in it.
- Fold the bag closeure and–before sealing it–wrap twine with an attached hang tag around the folded top. Secure the twine by tying it or by using tape.
- Seal the bag closed.
- It’s ready to give as a gift!
Auntie Angie is a part-time blogger and a full-time creator and crafter. She adores sticky things in tubs and bottles, but regrets sticky things on doorknobs and pencils. At Evermine, Angie shares projects inspired by her nieces and nephews that spark joy, imagination, and generosity.
This will be adorable! Please note that you’ve accidentally omitted jam off the ingredients list. 😉
Hi Elita! We just updated the recipe to include the jam, if you refresh your browser it should be there now. We used raspberry jam 🙂