Recipe - Fruit-Filled Hamantaschen

DOUGH
2/3 cup Butter; softened
One half cup Sugar
1 lg Egg
One half teaspoon Vanilla
3 cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 ds Salt

FILLING
Three fourths cup Pitted prunes; coarsely
chopped
1/3 cup Dried cherries
One fourth cup Water
One fourth Apple; chopped
Zest and juice of One half lemon
Confectioners' sugar

Preparation time: 45 minutes Cooking time: 1015 minutes Chilling time: 23
hours Yield: about 3 dozen

1. Combine butter and sugar in large bowl of electric mixer. Beat on medium
speed until light, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Combine
flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Slowly add to butter mixture,
beating well after each addition, until incorporated. Wrap dough in wax
paper and chill 2 to 3 hours or overnight.

2. To make filling, heat prunes, cherries and water to a simmer over medium
heat in small saucepan. Simmer 15 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in apple,
lemon zest and juice. Set aside.

3. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Divide dough into fourths. Roll each piece out
on floured surface to 1/8inch thickness. Cut 2 1/2inch circles out of
dough using cookie cutter. Wet edge of each circle with water. Drop 1 scant
teaspoon filling in center of each circle. Raise three edges of circle;
pinch together in center forming a triangle.

4. Place on greased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 10 to 15
minutes. Remove to cooling rack; cool completely. Sprinkle each cooled
cookie with confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition information per cookie: Calories ....... 95 Fat ............. 4 g
Cholesterol .. 15 mg Sodium ...... 55 mg Carbohydrates .. 15 g Protein
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From Chicago Tribune Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter
by Rrairie@aol.com on Aug 14, 1997