PURIM AND HAMENTASCHEN

.

 PURIM, POPPY SEEDS AND HAMENTASCHEN.

The Scroll of Esther is a story of Purim and we celebrate with fun, masks, costumes and parties.

We give gifts of foods, cookies, candies and remember people less fortunate than ourselves.

Here are a few ideas to create small Purim cookies , filled with traditional pereg, mon or poppy seeds. Buy the poppy seeds fresh and cook as directed. 

EASY HAMENTASCHEN

2 cups of self raising flour

½ cup sugar

200 grams butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 egg.

Beat the eggs and sugar. Add the buitter and vanilla essence Mix and then add the self raising flour. Work into a dough and place in the fridge for half an hour. Roll and cut into rounds that you fold with the filling in it.

Make the filling

Use 2 cups of finely ground poppy seeds.

1 egg

!/3 cup of honey or sugar.

1 tablespoon lemon juice.

 Half a cup of raisins or chopped nuts. Mix all the ingredients and cook on a low flame for a few minutes. Mix all the time.  When cool, use this as a filling for the hamentaschen. You can bake the dough in a roll and fill, then cut up when baked.  

Bake in a medium oven and sprinkle icing sugar to serve.

 ======================================================

IDEAS FOR GREAT AND DELIGHTFUL FILLINGS

Halva and ground pecan nuts.

Chopped fresh apples, raisins and  a little apricot jam.

Grated chocolate or chocolate chips with a little honey 

Dates, cinnamon,chopped nuts, mixed with a little Kosher wine

Nutella and crushed almonds

Raisins, cinnamon and  a little coconut.

Pack the little cookies  with as assortment of chocolates and edible nachies for the kids.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

POPPYSEED DRESSING FOR SALADS, SPINACH LEAVES AND COOKED POTATOES.

½  Cup oil. ¼ cup brown sugar.

5 tablespoons vinegar

2 tablespoons chopped green onions.

½ teaspoon salt/ ½ teaspoon dry mustard

2 teaspoons poppy seeds

add  a little tarragon.

Stir the dressing into the salad, or on cooked diced potatoes or even on cooked beets and cut up red onions.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HAVE A HAPPY, FREILIGE PURIM,  WITH LOVE AND LAUGHTER

REMEMBER THE CAMERA [and batteries] FOR THE SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHS , THAT WILL BE MEMORY MAKERS FOR YEARS TO COME.

LOVE AND LIGHT  

RONA