<p>Anyone have a tried and true hamentashen recipe you’d be willing to share?
(I just made a batch that went almost directly from the oven to the garbage can!)</p>
<p>oh Im sorry- I am not a baker- ( nor am I Jewish)
but i get recipes from here sometimes
<a href=“Holidays and Events Recipes”>Holidays and Events Recipes;
<p>To make it really tasty, I would push it in the shortbread direction.</p>
<p>e-4: That recipe just might do the trick. Thanks! (I too am not a baker, but come holiday time [Purim in this case], I always feel compelled to roll up the shirtsleeves - much to my family’s chagrin.)</p>
<p>Whatever you do, DON’T use the recipe for easy hamantaschen that uses a box of yellow cake mix. I tried it and trust me, it did not work.</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to Sables Deli on upper east side</li>
<li>Wait in line</li>
<li>Pick out some mun hamentashen for myself and assorted for everyone else</li>
<li>Pay cashier</li>
</ol>
<p>This would ordinarily be fairly inconvenient from where I live, but wife is in NY for weekend visiting her sister who lives a few blocks away. Already placed my order.</p>
<p>A, Lol. You and my husband think alike! After my failed attempt last night, I told him I was going to post on CC to see if I could come up with a good recipe. He suggested I just go to the bakery (no Sables Deli here) and pick some up. Oh - he of little faith – Just wait until I whip up a batch using E-4’s this weekend.</p>
<p><a href=“http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2004/debate-0303.html[/url]”>http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2004/debate-0303.html</a></p>
<p>Great debates in this country have tackled many weighty issues, such as communism vs. democracy. Monday night saw several eminent MIT faculty members take on an even starchier question: latkes vs. hamentashen.</p>
<p>And for the third year in a row, MIT professors met <em>again</em> this week to debate this question. There being still no clear “winner”, it is expected to be debated again next year also.
I’m told the refreshments after the talk are quite popular. (“Free food!” say the college students.)</p>
<p>What a hoot.</p>
<p>Information for the uninitiated - like me 
- plus a recipe.</p>
<p><a href=“Purim - Judaism 101 (JewFAQ)”>Purim - Judaism 101 (JewFAQ);
<p>The latke vs. hamantaschen debate is popular on a number of campuses. At Swarthmore a couple of years ago, an art history professor argued on behalf of the latke, showing a close up full-length photo of the Mona Lisa, something not normally seen. He explained the Mona Lisa’s smile by showing that what she was actually holding below the viewer’s eye level was a platter of latkes!</p>
<p>On the other hand, the people in Van Gogh’s “The Potato Eaters” don’t look all that happy.</p>
<p>That’s only because they didn’t have applesauce or sour cream at the time!</p>
<p>Hamentashen - LAC in upstate New York?</p>
<p>Well, the baking’s all done and the verdict is in. E-4’s recipe is terrific. For anyone looking for a non-traditional filling, try peanut butter and jelly. Sounds odd, but tastes great.</p>
<p>My wife’s recipe is a trade secret - she won’t even tell me - but they’re great.
The latke - hamentaschen debate has been going on longer than that. I have a tape of one from about 25 or 30 years ago - I believe from the University of Chicago.</p>
<p>glad it worked out! :)</p>