Lemon Poppy Seed Vegan Hamantaschen
Lemon poppy seed Jewish cookies traditionally enjoyed at Purim.
Equipment
- electric beater
Ingredients
- finely grated zest from one organic lemon
- 45 g white granulated sugar
- 100 g coconut cream (or high fat, thick yogurt like greek yogurt) the thick part from the top of a can, chill the can for 24 hours before using so the cream thickens
- 1 ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
- ¼ cup neutral flavoured vegetable oil
- 215 g all purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
Filling
- vegan lemon curd
Topping
- poppy seeds
Instructions
- Wash and dry the lemon, then zest it finely.
- Rub the lemon zest together with the sugar between your fingers to distribute the lemon oils in the sugar.
- Add all of the cookie ingredients to a mixing bowl. Mix the ingredients together with an electric mixer until the dough has come together completely. It ends up being like a sticky sugar cookie dough consistency. It will be sticky so you'll need to flour your working surfaces later.
- Once the dough is mixed, I transferred the dough to a large silicon baking mat. Dust some flour on the work space, and then roll the dough flat to 35-50 mm thickness. Then place the dough in the fridge to stiffen for about 30 minutes.
- Prepare two baking sheets, and preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Once the dough has chilled, use a cookie cutter or a glass and cut out circular cookie shapes in the dough. Remove the excess dough and set aside for the next batch of cookie circles, chilling the dough again if needed.
- Place one teaspoon of lemon curd on each cookie round. Then grab 3 corners and pinch the corners together to make a triangular pocket shape of each cookie. Then dab the poppy seeds on each cookie and press the seeds gently into the dough.
- Bake the cookies for about 14 minutes. They are done baking when the bottom has gained a bit of golden colour.
- Roll the rest of the dough out and repeat the process while the other cookies are baking.
- Let the cookies cool before enjoying as the filling becomes very hot!
- Store any leftovers in an airtight container. Enjoy!