Make Hamantaschen for Purim with Patch
Chef Jerzy Gonzalez demonstrates a traditional cookie recipe in advance of the Jewish holiday of Purim. It's simple, delicious and a great activity to do with children.
Hamantaschen, the traditional, fruit-filled cookie of the Jewish holiday, Purim, is as celebrated a symbol of Kosher baking as challah or macaroons. Pastry chef Jerzy Gonzalez shared her recipe and its symbolic origins with Patch. In different versions of the Old Testament story of Purim, the three-sided pastries are meant to resemble either the hat or ears of Haman, a 5th-century political figure who plotted to exterminate Jewish people living in ancient Persia. The fruit filling may represent Haman’s pockets, reputedly loaded down with riches. Eating hamantaschen on this holiday is a ritual that expresses victory over those who would destroy you, Gonzalez said. “Some say that by eating this cookie you gain the power of your enemies,” …
