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Yield: Makes 1 dozen
Ingredients
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1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
Pinch of salt
1 orange (to yield 1 tablespoon zest and 2 tablespoons juice)
8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), in small pieces
2 teaspoons orange-flower water (optional)
3 tablespoons ice water
3/4 cup dates, preferably Medjool, pitted
1/3 cup sliced almonds, plus more for garnish
1/2 teaspoon milk
2 tablespoons honey
Cook's Notes
Look for orange-flower water in specialty foods shops and Middle Eastern markets.
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Date Triangles
Credit:
Anita Calero
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes 1 dozen
Gallery
Date Triangles
Credit:
Anita Calero
Date Triangles
Credit:
Anita Calero
Date Triangles
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes 1 dozen
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes 1 dozen
Yield: Makes 1 dozen
Makes 1 dozen
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 orange (to yield 1 tablespoon zest and 2 tablespoons juice)
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), in small pieces
- 2 teaspoons orange-flower water (optional)
- 3 tablespoons ice water
- 3/4 cup dates, preferably Medjool, pitted
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds, plus more for garnish
- 1/2 teaspoon milk
- 2 tablespoons honey
Directions
In a food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt, and half the zest; pulse to combine. Add butter; pulse until mixture is crumbly. Combine orange-flower water and ice water; drizzle over mixture. Pulse until dough just comes together. Chill, covered, for 20 minutes.
In a food processor, combine dates, almonds, remaining zest, and orange juice; pulse to coarsely chop.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Form dough into 1 1/2-inch-diameter balls; flatten into 3 1/2-inch circles. Place 1 heaping teaspoon date filling on each. Fold sides toward centers, making triangles; press to flatten slightly. Place pastries 2 inches apart on a baking sheet; press again.
Mix milk and honey; brush on pastries. Arrange 3 almonds on each pastry. Bake until golden, 30 to 40 minutes. Transfer pastries to a wire rack; brush with glaze again. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.
Cook's Notes
Look for orange-flower water in specialty foods shops and Middle Eastern markets.
Cook’s Notes
Look for orange-flower water in specialty foods shops and Middle Eastern markets.
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2
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2 star values:
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7 Ratings
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2
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2
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1
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2
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7 Ratings
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2
4 star values:
2
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1
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2
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Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/05/2010
To form this triangle shape, you have to make a round and then fold 3 sides
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/04/2010
You only fold up 3 of the sides to form the triangle. Kind of like an old pirates hat. And since the parts that you fold up are rounded, you flatten in order to get rid of the rounded edges.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/04/2010
nicodemus6, I am with you. I cannot figure out how to do it. I tried to do it with a paper circle the size of the cookie dough and could not for the life of me make it look like a triangle. I am stumped. I got squares and rectangles and a kind of strange coffin shape. Guess I could make them for Halloween? : )
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/04/2010
Did Martha form these on her show? I'd like a video of how the triangles are made. Just don't understand how it's done. Anyone have a link to a video of the process?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
11/01/2008
To make 2 dozen, just double the whole recipe and there you go!
=D
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/28/2008
I found the dough hard to work with. They had to be chilled or they were too soft to work with, but after being chilled they were brittle. After chilling a few minutes and then setting at room temp, I was able to get a window a time where I could lift the dough over the filling, but could not form a triangle. The taste is good, but mine were not as pretty as the picture. Next time I think I I will just form the dough in mini cupcake tins.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/21/2008
The more cookies I make, the more I will eat. Small recipes aren't necessarily a bad thing--especially if I REALLY like the cookie!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/10/2008
sueko- please send us the other hamentaschen recipe- i'd have asked privately, but i can't figure out how. and ya know, that's a lot of work for 12 cookies- unless they are big cookies
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/10/2008
Re.Hammentaschen- please give your other recipe too!! Zimmermans in Ann Arbor have the BEST fillings - and after taking a class given by them, we were (disappointedly) given a DIFFERENT recipe than they use (although they provided their originals for tasting!! I know???) Claiming they agreed to (someone) NEVER give the original recipe out. Oh well - your poppy seed sounds fabulous - please share your other. THANKS!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/09/2008
doesnt it say it makes 12
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/09/2008
Serves 4? Not a very good indication of how many cookies this is supposed to make. Proofread and question; someone's not doing a thorough job.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/08/2008
Otay - Here is my poppy seed filling for Hammentaschen:
1/2 cup poppy seeds, ground
2 TB orange or lemon juice
1/2 cup wat4er
1/4 cup sugar
2 TB butter (margarine can be substituted depending on how Kosher or cheap you are)
1/4 cup raisins
Put everything into a saucepan, bring to a boil, simmer for about 10 min, then cool. This makes about one cup.
If you want a different recipe that makes a little more and has cinnamon, honey and vanilla in it, let me know! Joyful baking.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/08/2008
I have a recipe for poppy seed filling for Hamamentaschen (and coffee cake, and braided egg bread and so many other goodies). I'll look it up and post it here, or if I forget (I've been known to do that, too), email me.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/08/2008
My mom can't have the chopped nuts, so when she came to visit, I sub'd rolled oats and a dash of almond flavoring for the sliced almonds. I could hardly tell the difference. By the way, these are wonderful.
To kaybee: My grandmother used to make these with the poppyseed filling. Do you know where I might get the recipe? I miss them... and her!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/08/2008
this looks like hamentaschen---a triangular shaped filled pastry--usually filled with date preserves or poppyseed filling- that is a traditonal food Jews make for Purim
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/08/2008
Orange water is similar to rose water used to flavor baklava or mediterranean desserts. I use it like I would use vanilla. You might find it in a middle-eastern store. Mine is usually in a glass bottle, the size of an old-fashioned soda. I keep it in the fridge. It smells wonderful!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/08/2008
What is orange flower water????
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/08/2008
THESE LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF TREAT THAT WOULD LOOK GOOD IN A CHRISTMAS OR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY TRAY! EASY AND DIFFERENT.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
09/05/2010
To form this triangle shape, you have to make a round and then fold 3 sides
Rating: Unrated
Rating: Unrated
09/04/2010
You only fold up 3 of the sides to form the triangle. Kind of like an old pirates hat. And since the parts that you fold up are rounded, you flatten in order to get rid of the rounded edges.
nicodemus6, I am with you. I cannot figure out how to do it. I tried to do it with a paper circle the size of the cookie dough and could not for the life of me make it look like a triangle. I am stumped. I got squares and rectangles and a kind of strange coffin shape. Guess I could make them for Halloween? : )
Did Martha form these on her show? I'd like a video of how the triangles are made. Just don't understand how it's done. Anyone have a link to a video of the process?
Rating: Unrated
11/01/2008
To make 2 dozen, just double the whole recipe and there you go!
=D
Rating: Unrated
07/28/2008
I found the dough hard to work with. They had to be chilled or they were too soft to work with, but after being chilled they were brittle. After chilling a few minutes and then setting at room temp, I was able to get a window a time where I could lift the dough over the filling, but could not form a triangle. The taste is good, but mine were not as pretty as the picture. Next time I think I I will just form the dough in mini cupcake tins.
Rating: Unrated
07/21/2008
The more cookies I make, the more I will eat. Small recipes aren't necessarily a bad thing--especially if I REALLY like the cookie!
Rating: Unrated
07/10/2008
sueko- please send us the other hamentaschen recipe- i'd have asked privately, but i can't figure out how. and ya know, that's a lot of work for 12 cookies- unless they are big cookies
Re.Hammentaschen- please give your other recipe too!! Zimmermans in Ann Arbor have the BEST fillings - and after taking a class given by them, we were (disappointedly) given a DIFFERENT recipe than they use (although they provided their originals for tasting!! I know???) Claiming they agreed to (someone) NEVER give the original recipe out. Oh well - your poppy seed sounds fabulous - please share your other. THANKS!
Rating: Unrated
07/09/2008
doesnt it say it makes 12
Serves 4? Not a very good indication of how many cookies this is supposed to make. Proofread and question; someone's not doing a thorough job.
Rating: Unrated
07/08/2008
Otay - Here is my poppy seed filling for Hammentaschen:
1/2 cup poppy seeds, ground
2 TB orange or lemon juice
1/2 cup wat4er
1/4 cup sugar
2 TB butter (margarine can be substituted depending on how Kosher or cheap you are)
1/4 cup raisins
Put everything into a saucepan, bring to a boil, simmer for about 10 min, then cool. This makes about one cup.
If you want a different recipe that makes a little more and has cinnamon, honey and vanilla in it, let me know! Joyful baking.
I have a recipe for poppy seed filling for Hamamentaschen (and coffee cake, and braided egg bread and so many other goodies). I'll look it up and post it here, or if I forget (I've been known to do that, too), email me.
My mom can't have the chopped nuts, so when she came to visit, I sub'd rolled oats and a dash of almond flavoring for the sliced almonds. I could hardly tell the difference. By the way, these are wonderful.
To kaybee: My grandmother used to make these with the poppyseed filling. Do you know where I might get the recipe? I miss them... and her!
this looks like hamentaschen---a triangular shaped filled pastry--usually filled with date preserves or poppyseed filling- that is a traditonal food Jews make for Purim
Orange water is similar to rose water used to flavor baklava or mediterranean desserts. I use it like I would use vanilla. You might find it in a middle-eastern store. Mine is usually in a glass bottle, the size of an old-fashioned soda. I keep it in the fridge. It smells wonderful!
What is orange flower water????
THESE LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF TREAT THAT WOULD LOOK GOOD IN A CHRISTMAS OR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY TRAY! EASY AND DIFFERENT.
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