Secret to Hamentashen not opening...(with pix)

Executive Member Joined: Sep 14 2011 Posts: 475

it's all in the way you close them ladies...

Here is what NOT to do:

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Because they will come out looking something like this. (at best)

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the trick is to put only a little bit of filling in the center, like this:

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It's all in the way you close them before baking... try to close them as much as possible... like this:

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here is (part of) the batch

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and this is the end result:

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I'm hungry

Diamond Member Joined: Oct 19 2011 Posts: 2709

I learned long ago that pinching them can make them open, but folding them as you've done, leads to nice, non-explosive/stay closed yumminess.
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does anyone fold a square in half to make a triangle? I've never seen it except in an older drawing. You couldn't see the filling but it sounds much easier!

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Great

Thanks for sharing your tips with us!

Your first set would make nice uterus cookies though. LOL
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mine came out looking more like the first ones! Crying or Very sad

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Silver Member Joined: Apr 26 2010 Posts: 983 Location: NJ

I think it depends on the dough. I pinch mine and they stay closed, bli ayin hora (I haven't baked them yet this year)
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WHERE IS YOUR RECIPE????????

I was not planning to attempt to bake hamantashen ever, ever again in this lifetime but your pics gave me the fortitude to persevere...
SO
PLEASE pass along the recipe.

THANKS!!!
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Senior Member Joined: Nov 09 2010 Posts: 126

Thanks so much for posting this! The photos really helped.
They turned out so well, I made a second batch, and there are so few "flops" that we aren't getting more than one each to taste test!
The few that did open were either because I didn't put the choc chips in well, or because I wasn't careful with the folding.

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I used this method with cookieladys recipe and they came out great!

thanks!

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