MOHN HAMANTASHEN

      Title: MOHN HAMANTASHEN
  Categories: Jewish
       Yield: 1 Batch
  
 MMMMM---------------------------PASTRY--------------------------------
       2 c  Flour
       1 c  Butter
     1/2 lb Cream cheese
 
 MMMMM------------------------MOHN FILLING-----------------------------
     1/2 c  Poppy seeds
       1 c  Walnuts (chopped fine)
       1 c  Raisins (chopped fine)
       8 oz Honey
  
   Sift the flour.  Cream the butter and cream cheese until well blended.
   Gradually add the flour, mixing and make a ball of dough. Refrigerate
   overnight.
   
   Combine the mohn filling ingredients.  It may take a little more, or a
   little less, than about 8 oz of honey; use enough to hold the mixture
   together.
   
   Roll out the dough (not too thin) and cut into 3-inch squares. Fill
   each square with about 1 T of mohn and fold the dough square over to
   make a triangle.  Bake on a greased pan at 350 degrees F. until
   golden brown, about 20 minutes.
   
   NOTES:
   
   *  A triangular filled pastry -- Hamantashen are a triangular pastry,
   traditionally eaten during the Jewish Holiday of Purim. Purim
   celebrates the failure of the evil Haman in his attempt to
   exterminate the Jews; Haman wore a three-cornered hat. Yield: Makes a
   bunch.
   
   : Difficulty:  easy.
   : Time:  1 hour preparation (in two 1/2 hour pieces), 20 minutes
   baking. : Precision:  measure the pastry ingredients carefully.
   
   : Alan M.  Marcum
   : Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, California
   : sun!nescorna!marcum
   
   : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust
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