Hamentashen

This is a recipe my mother used to make when I was growing up. She used to make these a few days before Purim, and I could never resist having one or two until then. Now that I'm all grown up me and my mother do it together.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Yields: 60 cookies

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  oil
• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
•  water or   orange juice
•  poppy seed filling

Directions

1. Mix everything together until you have a nice dough.
2. Take piece by piece from the dough and roll it out with a rolling pin on a floured surface until you get a nice disk.
3. Taking a drinking glass, use it to make a nice circle.
4. Fill it up with poppy seed filling and close it in the shape of a triangle.
5. Bake it in a preheated 350 F degree oven for about 30 minutes. Makes 50 to 60 cookies.