Purim is a Jewish holiday. Haman, the King's advisor, wanted all the people to bow to him. But Queen Esther told the King that Haman was bad so the King sent Haman away and the Jewish people were free. So, on Purim we celebrate Queen Esther because she was a hero, and we celebrate that we are free. We dress up in costumes, put on masks and crowns, and make loud noise with special shakers called groggers. We eat sweet cookies called Hamentashen. These cookies are not like other cookies because they are shaped like a triangle to remind us of Hayman's hat.
This is how we made our Hamentashen. I mixed flour, and baking powder, and salt together. Mommy mixed the butter and sugar together and then I helped her to add the eggs. Then, we mixed all ingredients together and made a dough. Then we put the dough in the refrigerator. After a while, Mommy rolled the dough and I cut the circles out. I put the fillings - chocolate or cherry or blackberry jam. Mommy made the cookies into a triangular shape. Then, we baked them. They were delicious to eat.
We got the recipe from Grandma but we changed it a lot, so this is our new recipe.
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 stick butter
2 eggs
1 tablespoon almond extract
Chocolate chips, cherry preserves, blackberry jam or other fillings
Directions:
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and sugar. In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar, mix in eggs and almond extract. Slowly add the flour while mixing. Wrap the dough in a plastic bag and refrigerate for 2-3 hours or place in a freezer for about 45 minutes.
Pre-heat the oven to 325°F. Roll out half of the dough in a disk about 1/4 inch thick. Cut circle shapes out with a glass or a cookie cutter. Place a little bit of filling in the middle of each circle. Pinch the sides of the dough together to form a triangular shape with the filling being open. Arrange on baking sheet and refrigerate for about 10-15 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough.
Bake the cookies for 12-14 minutes or until just starting to turn golden.
***
We also made hot chocolate with rainbow bubbles. We wrote "Spring" and "Rainbow" with a coconut whipped cream that Mommy made with her immersion blender. We ate our cookies with the hot chocolate and it was delicious!
[Click here to get the Recipe for Rainbow Hot Chocolate]
[5 Star Foodie: This Rainbow Hot Chocolate is our submission to the Eat Your Words Challenge hosted by Savor the Thyme and Tangled Noodle.]
***
Thank you, Chef E, for giving me blue ribbon Junior Chef Award and for the advice about the cookie dough.
85 comments:
Adorable post! Your daughter looks like quite the good kitchen helper.
What a beautiful story and an adorable little girl!
The cookies and the "rainbow" hot chocolate look like they go great together!
She is just precious.. Great job she did. The cookies are soo delicious looking, I will have to try those. And the written words in hot chocolate.. I LOVE it!
What a great helper! We love Hamentashen...I'm definitely trying out your recipe with my helper!
I love the writing in the hot chocolate, that is awesome.
Thank you for such information about Jews and their culture. This little chef is so cute and she is so good at her job. Look at herface, she's so serious and focused on her job. I loved the words on chocolate.
I love the story of Esther!
What a cute daughter you have and what a fun mom you are! : )
What a great post... I love the writing in the hot chocolate! Reminds me of the coffee art that is so popular right now.
A great post! Your daughter is very cute and these Hamentaschen look really good!
Cheers,
Rosa
what a great helper you have - she is so cute!
i figure that one day when i have little helpers, i'll make hamentashen again!
Mmm. The cookies look really good. The coconut whipped cream on your hot chocolate sounds amazing.
Looks wonderful. She is very serious about her Hamentashen cookies :) I see a pastry chef in the making :)
So FREAKING cute!!
I attempted to make these last year and the dough pretty much melted in the oven.
Too cute! Love mama-daughter bonding time in the kitchen :)
Oh these cookies look like fun! And your daughter is gorgeous.
This is a fun post! The cookies look wonderful, your daughter did a great job! :) And I love the hot chocolate, and how the opalescence shows in the bubbles, too cute!! Thanks for the comment on the ginger, I added that as a link too!
Lovely post and your daughter is so beutiful and cute.
I love those rainbow chocolate milk.
Love this hamentashen, this remind me that I have to make some as well. Your little one is so adorable.
Though My husband and I are not religious, we always try to celebrate all of the Jewish holiday. Especially when its involve with lots of food.
Cheers,
elra
What a wonderful post. Thanks! Have a great weekend!
5 Star,
I love the triangle cookies best with raspberry jam filling :)
One of the first books I've ver read that made an impression on me as a child was about Queen Esther !
And the rainbow bubbles are darling !
Your daughter is adorable, and quite a whiz in the kitchen already! The hamantaschen look delicious! I loved your rainbow hot chocolate! That is so creative and fun!
:)
Hornsfan, kat - thank you! She always loves to help me in the kitchen!
Calm In The Kitchen - oh, have fun! Please let me know how they turn out!
zerrin, Kendra - thank you! My daughter is always so very serious about a project she's involved in :)
lesley, Muneeba - thanks! This was a fun project to do together!
Jen - do you have any links for the coffee art? I would love to see it.
Pam - I had a secret ingredient for the whipped cream and I hope to share the recipe for this and some other drink creations very soon.
Olga - that is exactly what happened to us the very first time we tried to make these. But with some great advice from Chef E, we were successful on our second attempt!
ChefBliss - thank you! Those bubbles were pretty neat :)
Elra - for us, also, it's the traditions that are important, especially the food :)
Annie - raspberry filling sounds great! My daughter is definitely fascinated with Queen Esther.
Katherine, Donna-FFW, Rosa, A Girl Has To Eat, Happy cook, Leah, Karen - thank you so much!
Hi Hannah, I loved your story about Haman, and your cookies look real delicious. The fillings are yummy. I've never seen Rainbow hot chocolate, how neat! I like your award, you deserve it, your a good a good cook and baker!
hey five star!
i'll have to veganize the hamentachen. i'm embarrassed to say that as a jew i've never made these myself--i've always relied on others to make them. since going vegan, that's not an option anymore.
yay for baking with your kids! i loved the hot cocoa pics.
Ah what a cute little writer and creator is in the making!
Hannah you will have to make these for me when I come visit one day! (hot chocolate and cookies, and tell me a story)
Wear that ribbon proudly cause you deserve it!
Sweet sorty. I love seeing your daughter at work. Thanks for your challenge submission--can I drink it now?
I see a future cook in that photo...your daughter is too precious!
Natasha, this reminds me of a jewish baker that I once worked for. I really had no idea of the story behind these, but I remember that he made his with poppyseed filling? Was that just a creative streak on his part or do they also make these with poppyseeds? All I know is that he made the most wonderful breads and most of all, fantastic bagels!!!!
Awesome post :) The cookies look super tasty! Any cookie with jam in it, is a good one :)
She is such a cuties. Great cookies.
Rainbow bubbles are awesome! I drink it just for that :)
So cute! Your daughter and the cookie. :)
I always see these cookies at whole foods and shudder at how expensive they are. You make them look easy to make.
Cute little helper you have there!
Very sweet! And she is so, so cute! Love the writing in the hot chocolate..it's the little things.
What a cutie! The cookies look delicious!
That brings me back to when I was a kid, making cookies with my mom. Love it! :)
You've got quite the helper in the kitchen. A mini foodie!
First your daughter is a cutie & a big helper:-)
& Thanks for sharing this recipe. My 7 year old went to a jewish preschool... so we celebrated all the things year round, including the every Friday Shabbath:-) They would have dress ups & feasts for Purim & we adored these cookies!
Love ur Rainbow choc!
She's so cute! Cookies sound yummy with the jam in them :)
Little girls all love pink, don't they? What a sweet post. And your daughter will have precious memories forever about the time you and she baked and drank cups of rainbow-colored hot chocolate.
Oh dear..this post was soo cute..:)
Loved the pics so so much.:)
The diction is so cute! I wished my mother and I had quality bonding time in the kitchen. Most the time I think she was just actually really stressed out about cooking.
your daughter is too cute!
coconut whipped cream on cocoa sounds great.
Yeah get those kids in there, so that they really get a taste for cooking etc, as in our days most live of microwave stuff, and that's wrong, "viva la cocina"
Natashia, these cookies look fantastic and the budding baker certainly looks l ike she knows her way around a kitchen.
I am actually munching on a cookie that looks identical to what you made, probably not nearly as good, its from the Russian bakery around the corner and filled with poppyseeds.
BTW, the rainbow hot chocolate rocks, are the word in honor of Tangled Noodles contest?
Your daughter is a cutie! The cookies look so good and tasty...love the hot chocolate with the words...great idea.
What a cutie! I love hamentashen, especially those that contain a red center (cherry, raspberry, etc)
my tongue keeps on watering seeing all these yummy stuff.
What a great way to make this with your daughter, I really enjoyed reading this post :)
Happy Purim! Beautiful Hamentashen! But no poppy seed??!
that hot chocolate is adorable - and the cookies look mighty tasty, too!
Reeni♥ - Thank you so much! Hannah really loved reading your comment!
Jen aka Jewbacca - I think if you use a butter/egg substitute that should do the trick. Let me know if you make them!
Chef E - thank you so much. You know she is so proud of that award!
Jennifer - sure! That was a fun challenge!
Rowena - poppyseed filling is actually the traditional filling for Hamentashen. That bakery sounds awesome!
Dawn - once I figured out the proportions and how to handle the buttery cookie dough properly, they were pretty easy to make.
Bob - those are the best memories!
Soma - my daughter does too! She will get to do a performance for Purim next week and that should be fun!
Carolyn Jung - it was such a fun experience for the both of us and I do hope she keeps really nice memories.
Jessica604 - thank you! It's definitely a great bonding experience and we love cooking together.
oysterculture - she's been helping me in the kitchen since she could stand :) The rainbow hot chocolate is of course for Tangled Noodle and Jennifer - that was fun!
Sara - cherry is my personal favorite :)
stephchows, Helene, Olivia, Nila Rosa, noble pig, lisaiscooking, duodishes, Karen, Varsha Vipins, healthydelicious, Ricardo, Debbie, Femin Susan, Lorraine
Carolyn - thanks! didn't make them with poppy seeds this time, but I do love poppy seeds too :)
stephchows, Helene, Olivia, Nila Rosa, noble pig, lisaiscooking, duodishes, Karen, Varsha Vipins, healthydelicious, Ricardo, Debbie, Heather - thank you all so much for wonderful comments!
Your daughter is darling and looks like she'll become a great cook just like her mom. I like the writing on the hot chocolate. You are one fun mom - every child should be so lucky.
Sam
How adorable is your daughter helping out! I love the story of Esther in the Bible and have studied it for years! Thanks for sharing this!
Your little kitchen helper is just adorable. I love Hamentashen & it is just so much fun to say too! When we lived in South Florida there was a great bakery near us which used to bake fabulous Hamentashen. Yours look just perfect! Have a great weekend.
Too cute! Everything looks lovely!
I love how you have such a lovely time baking with your daughter. what a sweet kid, and how lucky she is to have a mom like you!
Hannah--Lovely description of the cookies and the history behind them. I am not Jewish, so you taught me something new! Thank you!
As to the hot chocolate, well, there is just really nothing left to say that hasn't been said already. I love the hopeful words "spring" and "rainbow" that you chose to write. Might I add another? YUM :D
I love your daughter's post telling us about Hamentashen and that she helped her mom make the cookies and hot chocolate. She's beautiful! Love the rainbow. :)
A master chef and food blogger extraordinaire in training! Your daughter is precious and these cookies are delightful. I love these examples of food symbolizing a special event (King cakes just a few weeks ago) and hearing the stories behind them - the Story of Queen Esther has been a favorite since childhood.
Thank you both for your creamy, chocolate-y challenge entry!
Mmm. Cookies and hot chocolate with rainbow bubbles! Sounds like a great day for mother and daughter both!
your daughter is too cute! I love the sound of coconut whipped cream - you are so crafty by thinking to use an immersion blender =)
Hamentashen are actually haman's ears (not hat).
I guess the traditional poppy seed filling symbolizes that they were not so clean, or maybe he had hairy ears? :)
Happy Purim.
I love the writing on the hot chocolate!
onlinepastrychef - thank you so much! We should definitely write Yum next time :)
Tangled Noodle - did you notice I've been posting all traditional dishes this week? I just realized that :) It was fun to do the challenge!
sweetandfit - more immersion blender creations coming up soon :)
Nurit "1 family. friendly. food." - there are different versions of what the Hamentashen symbolize, the ears being one very common interpretation, another one is Haman's pockets and a lot of schools including my daughter's teach that the symbol is for Haman's hat. Here's a link with more info - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamantasch
Sam, superbusygirl, Dee, Maria, Burp and Slurp~!, Gloria, Sapuche, Chocolate Shavings - thank you all so much for the wonderful comments!
What a fabulous junior chef you've got there!
This is a great post! I love when my daughters cook with me!
super cute post! i always loved cooking with my mother... i'm sure she will have great memories to share with her children!
Those cookies are my favorite! I like them with pineapple jam. Weirdly delicious.
Your daughter is so cute! Thanks for the recipe! I had some a few years back at work when my boss brought it in to celebrate the holiday with us. They were delicious and I can't wait to make some now! Thanks for the great story/background!
Nice story and she looks like she's enjoying herself in the kitchen! Love the words in the hot choc...
What a cutie I remember getting dressed up and celebrating just like that. The hot chocolate looks great also.
This is absolutely an fantastically wonderful post. I love reading it. Everything was so jubilant! Your girl is so adorable. Gonna look up the Rainbow Hot Chocolate recipe now.
That is some Purim awesomeness right there! Looks waaaay better than store bought hamentashen.
Your daughter is adorable! My son and I just read the story of Queen Esther this week. We're going to have to make the cookies!
Thank you so much for sharing that story. I don't know much about Jewish traditions and I love to learn about them. What a fun afternoon with your daughter...she is taking after her mother in beauty and talent!
Congrats on your winning the Royal Foodie Joust! Awesome dish! Very beautiful.
And I love this cookie recipe - beautiful hats!
Thank you for that piece of history!!! So, now I have learned something new!! That special cookie loks so fab & tasty!!! Well done to your daughter!!!
Your hot chocolate looks inspiring!!
hi foodie,u have an excellent doter!! be proud of her:)i have some awards waiting 4 u and ur doter:)Do collect it dear:)
What a cute kitchen helper!!
nice story behind Purim..cute daughter with yummy cookie...Thanx for sharing
I'm making some Hamentashen tonight! I'm nervous, as I've never had them, but my boyfriend LOVES them! I hope they come out alright!
I love prune or poppy filling the best in my hamentashen!
Adorable! She is so cute! It's great to get kids in the kitchen - love it!
What a cute helper...she is adorable...
Angela M. - wow, pineapple jam sounds delicious!
Kat - please let me know what you think if you make them!
Abigail (aka Mamatouille) - thank you! That was such a fun challenge.
Chitra - thank you so much for the wonderful awards!
Teanna - Good luck! You will do a great job!
Stacey Snacks - prune and poppy fillings both are great!
Daily Spud, Mom on the Run, miss v, pigpigscorner, Netts Nook, Gabe's Girl, Hal B, Maggie, mamakd, Sophie, Culinarywannabe, Vrinda, megan, phanitha - thank you all for wonderful comments!
it possible for me to get jet lag from all of the travelling I'm doing with you today? What a wonderful family tradition to teach your daughter who, by the way is adorable!
Post a Comment