Poppy Seed Hamantaschen with Raisin-Walnut Filling

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Preparation info
  • Yield:

    48

    Hamantaschen
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Jewish Holiday Cooking

By Jayne Cohen

Published 2008

  • About

I’ve taken the poppy seeds from the traditional hamantaschen filling and added them instead to the tender crust. The result, which reminds me of my grandmother’s delicate mohn kichel (poppy seed butter cookies) makes a melt-in-the-mouth cushion for the rich, moist, raisin-walnut filling, my daughter’s favorite.

Ingredients

For the Raisin-Walnut Filling

  • ½ cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

Method

Make the filling: combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a food processor and pulse briefly to blend. Add the raisins. Pour in the juice through the feed tube, while pulsing just long enough to chop the raisins coarsely, 10 to 15 seconds.

Scrape the mixture into a heavy, non-reactive, 3-quart