Cookie Butter This week marked the observance of one of the super fun Jewish holidays...and I'm being serious! There are fun ones! Purim began on Wednesday night and along with it, my need to bake hamantaschen. What are hamantaschen you ask? And what is Purim? Well...I could write it myself or I could just use these handy dandy links that already explain it: So....click to find out more about Purim and hamantaschen and why we eat them.
So this Purim I decided to forgo the traditional and mix it up a bit. I went with Kitchen Tested's Black and White Cookie Hamantaschen. I embarked on this journey recognizing that I had only made these cookies once before and they were much more traditional (think raspberry filling instead of chocolate). But I have a pregnancy sweet tooth for chocolate as does the little guy (minus the pregnancy of course) so I went with it.
And I am so happy I did.
It was an involved process and since I stopped before making the icing so I could go get delightfully pampered at Serenity Spa, it ended up taking me two days to make them. But once they were done it was so so worth it. Although the husband disagrees as he saw the amount of dishes in the sink and said nothing was worth cleaning that up :)
I couldn't find black and white cookies to use in the cookie butter
so I used some Keebler Simply Made Chocolate Chip Cookies
instead and it was still delightful.
The dough tastes just like black and white cookies and was super simple to make. I did have to add a bit more whipping cream (I used heavy whipping cream since that's what I could find) at the end to make it easier to roll out.
So this Purim I decided to forgo the traditional and mix it up a bit. I went with Kitchen Tested's Black and White Cookie Hamantaschen. I embarked on this journey recognizing that I had only made these cookies once before and they were much more traditional (think raspberry filling instead of chocolate). But I have a pregnancy sweet tooth for chocolate as does the little guy (minus the pregnancy of course) so I went with it.
And I am so happy I did.
It was an involved process and since I stopped before making the icing so I could go get delightfully pampered at Serenity Spa, it ended up taking me two days to make them. But once they were done it was so so worth it. Although the husband disagrees as he saw the amount of dishes in the sink and said nothing was worth cleaning that up :)
I couldn't find black and white cookies to use in the cookie butter
so I used some Keebler Simply Made Chocolate Chip Cookies
instead and it was still delightful.
The dough tastes just like black and white cookies and was super simple to make. I did have to add a bit more whipping cream (I used heavy whipping cream since that's what I could find) at the end to make it easier to roll out.
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The assembly was a little time consuming but once I started I was on a roll. I have now learned not to overstuff these...I lost about 7 to tragic explosions in the oven. The rest came out great!
Some exploding hamantaschen and some that stayed put!
It was at this point that I took a break until the following day and made the icing. I found it required a bit more hot water than the recipe calls for. I accidentally put too much in the chocolate icing and had to wait awhile for it to thicken up before I continued on. I also highly recommend icing all the cookies with white icing and then going back with the chocolate icing to allow it time to set. It's a much less messy experience that way.
As for the final product...the kid and I loved them. The husband isn't a fan of the dough but then it came out that he might not like black and white cookies very much in general so I think that solves that.
So I have a TON of cookies now...who wants some? :)
As for the final product...the kid and I loved them. The husband isn't a fan of the dough but then it came out that he might not like black and white cookies very much in general so I think that solves that.
So I have a TON of cookies now...who wants some? :)
