Plate of hamantaschen

A hamantasch (also spelled hamentash, homentasch, homentash, pluralized with -en) is a cookie in Jewish cuisine recognizable for its 3-cornered shape. It is eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. Traditional fillings are poppy seeds (Yiddish mon) or prune, but they are made with many different flavors, including date or apricot. For children, parents sometimes make chocolate-filled hamantaschen. Permission granted on 03/08/05 by owner to use image. ... A plate of chocolate chip cookies a chocolate chip cookie In the United States of America and Canada, a cookie (occasionally spelled cooky) is a small, flat baked cake (British English biscuit). ... The Jewish cuisine has been formed both by the dietary laws of kashrut (keeping kosher) and the many cultures in which Jews have travelled. ... For a discussion of Jews as an ethnicity or ethnic group see the article on Jew. ... Purim (פּוּרִים Lots, Standard Hebrew Purim, Tiberian Hebrew Pûrîm: plural of פּוּר pûr Lot, from Akkadian pūru) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Persian Jews from the plot of the evil Haman to exterminate them, as recorded in the biblical Book of Esther. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ... Genera Several, including: Prunus domestica Prunus insititia Prunus maritima Prunus salicina A plum is a stone-fruit tree in the genus Prunus. ... Binomial name Phoenix dactylifera L. The Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera is a palm, extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. ... Binomial name Prunus armeniaca The scientific name for the apricot is Prunus armeniaca L., which puts it in the same subgenus as the plum (Prunophora). ... Chocolate comes in dark, light, and white varieties with cocoa contributing the brown coloration. ...

Hamantaschen are generally made by rolling the dough thin, cutting it into circles (of various sizes), placing filling in the center, and folding in three sides. The dough is generally a cookie dough, usually made with non-dairy products, with orange juice and/or rind added. Sometimes a yeast dough is used instead.

The hamantasch symbolizes the three-cornered hat that Haman wore. Haman is the villain in the Book of Esther. ...

It is thought that they were originally called mon-taschen (Yiddish "poppy seed pockets") but modern legend has it that Haman, the villain of Purim, wore a triangular hat. In Israel, they are called Oznei Haman (Hebrew for "Haman's ears"). Haman is the villain in the Book of Esther. ... The Modern Hebrew language is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. ...