LFG PURIM!!!!! Get out your groggers and preheat your ovens!! We all know poppy is the superior filling, so why not mash it up with frangipane and lots of lemon zest! Just don’t underwork your dough or skimp on chilling!! Exploding hamantaschen are typically a symptom on impatience!!!!
More hamantaschen mishegas coming in JC2😈😈😈
Lemon-Poppy Frangipane Hamantaschen
Yield: about 20 hamantaschen
For the Filling:
1¼ cups almond flour
½ cup sugar
¼ cup poppy seeds
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 teaspoons lemon zest
1 teaspoon almond extract
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 egg
For the Dough:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon kosher salt
3 cups all-purpose flour (405g)
1. Make the filling: In a medium bowl, stir all the ingredients until a smooth paste forms.
2. Make the dough: Line two sheet pans with parchment. In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar unt...